Austria: Alpacem has appointed Birgit Lautner as its head of human resources and Jerneja Potocnik as the head of its financial control. Lautner, aged 47 years, worked in various international finance and industrial companies in human resource roles before joining Alpacem. Potocnik, aged 41 years, will also act as finance director for Salonit Anhovo, the group’s Slovenian subsidiary. She has held various positions in the Wietersdorfer Group since 2016.

UK: Aggregate Industries has appointed Max Colligan as the managing director of its Ready Mix Concrete business and as a member of its executive committee. He holds over 30 years of experience in the construction industry. He holds a degree in civil engineering and has post-graduate qualifications in quarrying.

UK: Chris Leese has decided to leave Cemex UK after 30 years with the company. His varied career at Cemex has seen him taking responsibility for a broad range of activities, notably as Vice President of Readymix VP and more latterly as Vice President of Aggregates.

Leese has been a long-standing champion of health and safety improvements, taking a lead role at Cemex and the broader industry. He was the chair of the MPA Health and Safety committee for over nine years.

Poland: Przemysław Malinowski has been appointed as the managing director of Górażdże Beton from the start of August 2019. He succeeds Wojciech Hałat, who will take the role of general director of HeidelbergCement Kazakhstan. Malinowski will report to Andrzej Reclik, the General Director of Górażdże Cement.

Malinowski is a graduate of the University of Economics in Katowice and MBA Studies at the University of Economics in Wroclaw. Before joining the Górażdże Group in 2017, he worked for EDF Group.