US: Metso Waste Recycling has appointed Lou Martins as its General Sales Manager in North America. His role will involve establishing the waste recycling organisation in North America to drive growth in the region for both static and mobile waste shredders. This includes hiring a distribution manager, establishing partner relations with plant builders and driving new business in North America.

Martins holds experience in the solid waste market, including six years with Van Dyk Recycling Solutions. He holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering as well as an MBA in Sales and Marketing.

Poland: Andrzej Reclik has been appointed as the president of Górażdże Cement. The former member of the management board and chief financial officer (CFO) will take up the new role on 1 July 2019. He will succeed Ernest Jelito, who will become a member of the HeidelbergCement’s management board.

Reclik, a graduate of the Wrocław University of Economics, has worked for Górażdże Group since 1994. From 2007 to 2010 he was the managing director for aggregates and ready-mix concrete. He then became a member of the management board and CFO in 2010.

The Górażdże Group operates the Górażdże integrated cement plant, the Ekocem cement grinding plant at Dąbrowa Górnicza, 17 aggregate quarries and 60 ready-mix concrete plants. It employs over 1200 people. It is a subsidiary of Germany’s HeidelbergCement.

Zambia: The board chairman of Lafarge Zambia, a member of LafargeHolcim, has announced that Jimmy Khan has become the company’s new CEO, with immediate effect.
Khan holds a Bachelor of Science in Business with a major in Accounting and Information System from Virginia Tech University in the US. His 14-year career with Lafarge / LafargeHolcim has included appointments in Mauritius, Seychelles, Nigeria, France and North America.

US: Michael Haack has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eagle Materials. He succeeds Dave Powers, who will retire on 1 July 2019. Powers will remain on the company’s board of directors.

Haack is currently Eagle Material’s president and chief operating officer (COO). He joined Eagle Materials as COO in 2014 from Halliburton Energy Services, where he worked for 17 years. He holds an MBA from Rice University in Texas, as well as Master and Bachelor degrees in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M and Purdue University, respectively.

Powers has worked in the building materials industry for 40 years. He joined Eagle Materials, formerly known as Centex Construction Products, in 2002. In 2005 he was promoted to Executive Vice President for Gypsum. He became president and CEO of Eagle Materials in early 2016.