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olcim gets a new Area Manager, and the board of Shree Digvijay Cement appoints a new Managing Director. New CMA leaders take the helm.
New CMA Leadership Chettinad Cement’s current Managing Director, M A M R Muthiah has become the president of the Cement Manufacturers’ Association (CMA) and O P Puranmalka, a full-time Director of Ultratech Cement, is the CMA’s new vice-president. The CMA acts as a bridge between the country’s cement industry and the government. Its primary function is to promote cement sector growth in India through a variety of methods. Holcim Area Manager Onne van der Weijde, CEO of Indiabased Ambuja Cements, was appointed Area Manager and a member of the senior management of Holcim effective January 1, 2012. He remains CEO of Ambuja Cements and reports directly to Executive Committee member Paul Hugentobler, who is responsible for South Asia /ASEAN excluding the Philippines. Onne van der Weijde is a Dutch citizen. He holds a Bachelor’s Degree in Economics and Accounting from the University of Rotterdam and an MBA from the University of Bradford. In 1990, he started his career in the Dutch subsidiary Holderfin as an international tax consultant.
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focus FLSmidth appoints new Group Chief Financial Officer Poul Erik Tofte, Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FLSmidth since 2003, has decided to seek new challenges outside FLSmidth and will resign at the end of March 2012. Ben Guren will be appointed new Group Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of FLSmidth and a member of the Group’s Executive Management. He is expected to take up his new position no later than 1 July 2012.
He was responsible for business development and acquisitions in Australia and was CFO at Holcim Indonesia from 2001 to 2005. In 2005, he was appointed General Manager of Holcim India, and in 2006 he also assumed the CFO function at ACC until October 2008. Since November 2009, Onne van der Weijde has been CEO of Ambuja Cements.
Ben Guren, age 51, is a Norwegian citizen and since 2007 has been Group Vice President of Finance, IT and Legal at the Jotun Group, Norway. From 2006 to 2007, Ben Guren was acting Chief Financial Officer (CFO) for Helly Hansen Group, Norway, and from 1989 to 2006 he was a partner in KPMG, Norway. Ben Guren is a state-authorized public accountant and a graduate from the Norwegian School of Economics and Business Administration in Bergen.
Mukherjee Named, MD The board of Shree Digvijay Cement on 19 December 2011 appointed Suman Mukherjee as Managing Director of the Indian cement company effective 20 December 2011 for a period of three years. BMWeek CemWeek
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