Philippines: Holcim Philippines has appointed Mohit Kapoor as its CEO.

Kapoor previously worked as the Country CEO of Bamburi Cement in Kenya from 2023. Before this, he was the Country CEO for Holcim in Qatar. Earlier in his career, he worked as the Head - Growth & Innovation (India) for Holcim and a variety of management roles for Lafarge in India, including Managing Director - Ready Mix-Projects, Vice President – Logistics and Senior Manager – Strategy. He started working for Lafarge in 2001 after a period with Holtec Consulting from 1996. He holds an undergraduate degree in electronics engineering from Nagpur University and a postgraduate management course from the FORE School of Management.

India: JK Cement has appointed Nitish Chopra as the Group President & Business Head of its White Cement & Paints business. He previously worked as the Business Head for the White Cement & Paints division from 2024 and was the Deputy Head from 2023.

Chopra has worked for JK Cement since 2008 starting as its Head of Branding & Communication before moving into business strategy in 2018 and then the paints business in 2022. He holds an undergraduate degree in commerce from Sri Venkateswara College and a master’s of business administration (MBA) qualification from the Modern School.

Sweden: Paebbl has appointed Fernando Sosa as its FOAK (first of a kind) CEO to lead the design, engineering and delivery of its first commercial-scale facility. The company says this is the next step in scaling the technology from its Rotterdam research and development centre to industrial production.

Sosa holds experience delivering large-scale industrial projects. He previously worked for battery manufacturer Novo Energy, electric car producer Tesla and engineering and construction company Fluor. He also advised Paebbl previously on FOAK strategy.

Paebbl is developing its process to use captured CO₂ as a feedstock to produce supplementary cementitious materials (SCM). It launched its demonstration plant in Rotterdam in 2025 and is aiming to build its first commercial plant by 2028.

Malaysia: Aalborg Portland Malaysia has appointed Dinçer Oruç as the plant manager of its Ipoh white cement plant.

Oruç previously worked as Plant Operations Manager for Vencement in Venezuela from late 2025. Before this he was the plant manager for a boron carbide facility for TRBOR Boron Technologies in Türkiye from 2022 to 2025. Earlier in his career he was a Production Manager for Cementir and a Quality Manager for Aşkale Çimento. Oruç started his professional experience working in production and quality control jobs for Çimentaş from 2002 to 2016. He holds an undergraduate degree in chemical engineering, a master’s degree in inorganic chemistry and is currently working towards a PhD in alternative energy from Bandırma Onyedi Eylül University. He also possesses a master of business administration (MBA) qualification from Istanbul University.