World Cement Association Annual Conference 2023

Dr. Mohammad Abu Zahra joined the Global CCS Institute in January 2022 as Head of Middle East North Africa (MENA) region, bringing 18 years of deep experience and international expertise in the Carbon Capture field. Dr. Abu Zahra is also an experienced university professor and a current member of the UN Council of Engineers for Energy Transition (CEET). Previous responsibilities included the management of projects in carbon dioxide capture and CCS integrated systems, consultancy, chemical engineering, and process design.

Prior to joining the Institute, Dr. Abu Zahra worked as a professor and CO2 capture research leader at Masdar Institute and Khalifa University (2011-2022). He worked at the International Energy Agency Greenhouse Gas R&D Programme (IEAGHG) as a project manager for the carbon capture and integrated energy systems team.

His Excellency Ali Al Jassim, Chairman of Emirates Green Building Council (EmiratesGBC), and Vice
Chair for Green Buildings in the Mena & North Africa region. H. E. is a holder of a PhD in Business Management (GPA=3.80), Master of Business Administration with Honors (GPA=3.95), and Bachelors of Science in Civil Engineering.

H.E. Ali has 29 years of experience in leading roles in both public and private sectors delivering
programs and projects and has held top positions in both sectors. H.E. led and worked with teams on iconic projects in the Emirate of Dubai and on the federal level in the UAE. Examples of these projects are Dubai metro, Noll card, salik, 43 major roads infrastructure projects during 2006, enhancing & elevating drivers training and vehicle licensing services during 2008, unifying drivers licenses and vehicles ownership all over the UAE in 2008/2009, created and established 2 drivers training institutes (schools) in 2012 and 2017, led a government entity and managed a government owned company providing energy services, worked on the 3 largest solar projects in the region and the World, Hatta villas solar rooftop, a 21 MWh on a single roof, and 5000 villas solar roofs completed in 1 year. H. E. under the visionary leadership led a team that made Dubai a leading city in the region in energy services and retrofit during 2018/2020.

Presently, H.E. Ali Al Jassim is the Chairman of the Emirates Green Building Council in the UAE, and a Vice Chair for green building councils for the Mena and North Africa region. H.E. is promoting for sustainability in the region and thriving to make Dubai and the UAE a Global sustainable hub.

Siegfried Andräß completed his studies in Product Engineering at the Furtwangen University of Applied Sciences and worked as a sales and project engineer for a medium-sized company. Since 1998 he has been working for SICK AG, one of the world’s leading manufacturers of analyzer, sensor and sensor solutions. He worked in product management and as a country representative for almost 15 years before taking over responsibility for the cement industry in 2014. He sees his motivation in supporting cement manufacturers in all areas on the difficult path to de-carbonization. Examples here include automation, digitalization, energy and process efficiency.

Thomas Atkinson, Export manager in the construction Industry for 15 years.

Following the Hoffmann Green Cement project since 2015, in charge of all international purposes of the company.

Ambassador for Hoffmann Green Cement, clinker free cement technologies, catalyst of the carbon transition.

Fan Boyu, Deputy Head of the Marketing Department at Sinoma Intelligent Technology (Chengdu) Co., Ltd. (formerly known as Nanjing Kisen International Engineering Co., Ltd.), subsidiary of Sinoma International Engineering Co., Ltd. He has been involved in process design, intelligent manufacturing solutions, and the intelligent manufacturing market. He is responsible for marketing and solutions and focuses on providing digital transformation consulting services, intelligent renovation and construction services, expert optimized system design and implementation services, as well as research and exploration in the areas of carbon reduction and environmental improvement for the building materials industry. So far, he has provided technical support to over 100 companies.

Alfonso G. Cavazos De la Garza completed his studies in Mechanical Engineering in the Tecnológico de Monterrey in Monterrey, Mexico. He has been working in the Automation sector since 2010. He joined SICK Sensor Intelligence in 2014 and worked as a Regional Distribution Sales Manager, after this he jumped into the safety world as a Market Product Manager for the Mexico, Central America and the Caribbean region; now he is developing himself in the SICK Headquarters in Germany as a Global Product Manager for Safety Solutions. Alfonso likes to work providing customer-centric solutions for its customers that together with the SICK Safety Experts teams generate Safe and Productive Solutions for their processes.

Allistair Frieslaar is an accomplished Safety Health and Environmental (SHE) manager with over two decades of expertise in the field. His extensive knowledge and dedication to SHE have been honed through a series of qualifications in Safety, Health, Environment and sustainability, risk and compliance.

Based in Cape Town, South Africa, Allistair serves as a valued member of the team at PPC Cement Africa, where he has made it his mission to enhance employee wellness and safety while prioritizing the safe manufacturing of cement. With a deep passion for crafting innovative health and safety strategies, Allistair actively seeks ways to employ cutting-edge technology and automation in this endeavor.

In addition to his role at PPC Cement Africa, Allistair is the Chairman of the World Cement Association Safety Committee. His vast experience in the field extends beyond South Africa, as he has worked in various African countries, lending his expertise to different regions and cultures.

His commitment to the safety and well-being of employees, coupled with his enthusiasm for technological advancements, sets him on an inspiring journey to ensure safer, more efficient operations in the cement manufacturing industry. Allistair Frieslaar is a dedicated leader, constantly driving progress and advocating for a culture of safety and innovation within his organization and the broader industry.

Education
Master Degree, Business Administration, Tsinghua University
Bachelor Degree, Safety Engineering, China University of Geosciences
Bachelor Degree, Corporate Finance, Huazhong University of Science and Technology
Specialties
Project investment, business strategy and development, organizational structure, cement industry
processing and safety management, sales and marketing, commercial activities.
Working history
Overseas Business Unit - Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd (May 2018 – x)
General Manager
Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd –Growth & Innovation (April 2016 – May 2018)
Head of Growth & Innovation, Strategy
Huaxin Cement Co. Ltd (Dec 2015 – Mar 2016)
Marketing Director
Lafarge Shuion Cement Co. (Sep 2009 – Dec 2015)
Commercial Director
Lafarge Shuion Cement Co. (May 2005 – May 2009)
Integration, Organizational and Strategy manager
Beijing Xingfa Cement Plant (July 2000 – May 2005)
Safety engineer, safety manger and process manager

Mr. Grabert has been working for the United Nations Climate Change Secretariat (UNFCCC) for more than 25 years. He heads the Mitigation Division of the UNFCCC, leading the work on market-based approaches to climate change mitigation.

Prior to 2006 he served as a greenhouse gas emissions specialist and worked in numerous expert groups of the United Nation's Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. Before joining the United Nations, he was an industry and regional analyst for the World Economic Forum in Geneva, Switzerland.

Mr. Grabert holds a B.A. in Economics and International Relations from Wheaton College, Masters of International Economics from the Institut de Hautes Études Internationales in Geneva, and has undertaken post-graduate studies in Management at Stanford University, University of Navarra (IESE) and London Business School, and in Development at Harvard University.

Started career in 1998 with Holcim (Morocco) as a process engineer at the Oujda cement plant. After a stint at Holcim Group Support (HGRS) as a pyroprocessing consultant, joined the CIMENTS DE L’ATLAS / CIMENTS DE L’AFRIQUE group where took charge of the AFR business and Sustainability of the group.

Inspired by “The Club of Rome” and “The Limits of Growth”, Joe studied Process Engineering in Braunschweig/Germany, where he also obtained a Ph.D. degree. After working several years in different management positions within UK-based Babcock International Group, he founded in 1997 OneStone Consulting, which is now located in Varna at the Black Sea.

Joe is an expert in international marketing and in analysing markets with particulate focus on business strategies and new technologies. His major industry expertise comprises cement and other building materials beside mining and other process industries. Joe is well-known from more than 150 publications and OneStone’s independent multi-client market reports.

David Heron is an engineer with 25+ years of experience in technology, building materials and industrialized design & construction. He has worked at Accenture, Holcim, NEOM where he was director of ID&C. He now runs his own consultancy specializing in the implementation of Industrialized Design & Construction processes by Real Estate developers, manufacturers, and construction companies.

Mr. Arthur has more than 35 years of experience in executive leadership roles, including work at Rogers Corp, A.T. Cross, TPI Composites, Helix Technology Corp, and Eikos Inc. He holds a BS in Chemical Engineering from Tufts University, MS in Chemical Engineering from the University of Connecticut and an MBA from Northeastern University. He was recognized by NanoBusiness Alliance as one of the top ten most influential people in the field of Nanotechnology and is an inventor with more than 30 patents. In 2005, David co-founded Chasm Technologies, a consulting firm that helps its clients commercialize new products through smart application of materials science and process technology. From 2006 to 2015, he was CEO of SouthWest NanoTechnologies (SWeNT), a leading producer of carbon nanotube materials for electronics and composites applications.

Dirk Lechtenberg is a pioneer in the field of the production and use of alternative fuels. During his over 30 years of involvement in the field of alternative fuels, he has been responsible for the development of RDF (Refuse Derived Fuels) projects worldwide.

Before founding MVW Lechtenberg & Partner in 2004, he worked as a project engineer at MBM Industrieanlagen GmbH, Germany, owned by Portlandzementwerke Miebach & Söhne, Germany, and later Managing Director of an RDF processing plant belonging to Emons Group - one of the biggest private owned Dutch logistic companies. He is the Founder of the company “Blue River Recycling” which builds, owns, and operates processing facilities for processing mixed plastics into pellets for further use as fuel or raw material for the petrochemical Industry, Board Member of the Company “Green solutions for Environment” in Riyadh.

As the Managing Director and founder of MVW Lechtenberg & Partner, he with his team developed custom-made concepts for the processing of domestic waste and other waste into alternative fuels worldwide. Dirk Lechtenberg is also known for his scientific articles which are published in international cement magazines and other specialized press on a regular basis. He is the co-author of the “Alternative Fuels and Raw Materials Handbook for the Cement and Lime Industry” which is regarded as the most comprehensive compendium on alternative fuels.

Thierry was appointed President Europe of Fortera in October 2021 in charge of business development and key partnerships.

He is an engineer and first specialized in plant transformations, modernizing and optimizing plant equipment and operations. He then spent his career as a multi-country CEO for Lafarge and Holcim with over 25 years of experience in European, Asian and African marketplaces.

Frank Li is Deputy General Manager of CNBM Green Energy Co.,Ltd, a professional company who provide one stop solution for Carbon Management, including Consultant, Carbon Trading, and Emission Data IT Service.
Mr Li has experienced of carbon management for more than 15 years, including trading at Europe and China Carbon Market.

Dr.L.R. Manjunatha is a Professional Civil Engineer and an accomplished techno-commercial ,marketing and branding Expert with total industry experience of 30 years having worked in the Construction and building materials industry in India and has decades of experiences working in the management committees of various reputed professional bodies like Indian Concrete Institute, INSTRUCT, ISTD, ACCE(I), BMTPC, RMCMA, GCCA and Bureau of India Standards in various committees. His core Interests are, Sustainability, Climate change Actions, green building materials, RMC, Sustainable constructions, 3D Printing, Blended cements, Special concretes, Durability in constructions.

With PhD in Management on Sustainability of Green building materials and Constructions from Bharatiyar University, Coimbatore, MBA from Alliance University (Bangalore) BE Civil from UVCE (Bangalore), Master class training on building sustainable business Strategy by MIT Sloan School of Management, USA. He has also attained the following certifications as certified management trainer from All India Management Association, New Delhi. Certified Concrete Technologist from RMCMA and Future fit Leadership program from the prestigious Indian School of Business ,Hyderabad during the course of his professional career.

He has published 64 research papers and articles in various National and International journals and magazines and has a readership of 79592 readers on Research gate, 3000 readership on Academia portals from top universities and research institutes from more than 100 countries and 68 citations for his research work with research score of 429.

He has actively participated as Expert speaker at many national and international conferences and delivered more than 100 paper presentations and expert lectures on sustainability and construction technologies.

Currently he is part of the following national and International committees:

Member: Working Group: Bureau of Indian Standard: IS 4926, RMC and IS 383

Member: Working Group, Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA), UK on Green Procurements.

Member: BIS Technical Committee for Cement Manufacturers Association (CMA).

Awards: With his continuous decades of contributions for the Industry, he has received the following awards:

1. Recipient of the Construction Industry development Council (CIDC) - Vishwakarma Award as the Technologist of the year 2022, Govt of India.

2. Eminent Civil Engineer of the Year 2022-Bangalore, by Association of Consulting Civil Engineers (India), ACCE(I).

3. Out Standing concrete technologist of the year 2023 by Concrete Engineers Association, New Delhi.

Other Achievements:

Key note and invited speaker and Panelist at various institutes like IITM, IITB, ESG and Sustainability Forums.

He has traveled to Singapore to present his research paper at Structural Engineers World Congress-SEWC- 2015 on Invitation by ACCE(I) representing JSW Cement Limited and ACCE(I) Committee.

He has attended the SEWC 2019 WORLD Conference as the chairman of the Indian Delegation representing Association of Consulting Engineers (India) - ACCE(I) and JSW Cement Limited for the Structural Engineers World Congress-SEWC 2019 held at Istanbul, Turkey from 24 -26th April 2019 Chairing the Session on – Architectural and Environmental Engineering at the conference.

Educated as a mechanical and process engineer from Technical University Aachen (Germany), Matthias has gathered experience of 30 years in the cement industry. He started his work at KHD Humboldt Wedag as a process engineer, worked at all levels and led all technical departments throughout his tenure. In 2008 he founded the company aixergee, which is specialized to provide CFD-based consultancy for the cement industry. He also worked as Technical Director for Loesche GmbH, Germany for 8 years before he was called into the Management Board of KHD Humboldt Wedag AG in 2020.

Matthias focusses his work on the development of efficient machines and processes for the manufacture of cement. This includes the development, adaptation and introduction of technological innovations in the fields of process engineering & optimization, machine design, combustion of alternative fuels, emissions reduction, automation & controls and machine learning. He is a vivid communicator and active networker in the cement community and considers the decarbonization of the cement industry to be the ultimate but feasible challenge for the cement industry.

Satesh More is a Cement Manufacturing Professional, upholding career of 26 years in cement industry; spanning across process design, commissioning, manufacturing, health & safety and sustainability. He has worked in India, Malaysia and Indonesia. He provides leadership and vision to the manufacturing setup by setting clear focus and improvement areas.

Conor O’Riain is the Managing Director of Ecocem’s European business. He has a background in Sales and Marketing and has held a number of senior positions in the publishing and events industries. He joined Ecocem in 2006 ignited by the passion of the Ecocem team to make a difference and the scale of the challenge facing the cement industry. His focus is on operationalising Ecocem’s Innovation and R&D capability to deliver both product and technology driven partnerships that can scale the impact and availability of Ecocem’s low carbon cement capability and radically reduce the industry’s emissions. Conor is on the Board of Board of Network Irlande (a French Irish Chamber of Commerce).

Arnaud Pinatel started his career at Vicat in 1991 where he worked first as a financial controller and later as a strategic assistant to the CFO and CEO of the Group. Between 1997 and 2017, Arnaud headed different European Building Materials & Construction teams for Oddo Equities and Exane BNP Paribas (ranked number one over a decade by global institutional investors) and worked as a senior investment analyst for London-based hedge funds (Moore Capital Europe).

Loïc POTTIER graduated as Mechanical Engineer from Institut Catholique des Arts et Métiers (ICAM) of Lille (France) in 1994.

After 10 years of experience in Automotive Industry (new model launch projects) and Oil&Gas Industry as production manager and sales manager for air-cooled heat exchangers, he joined Fives FCB in 1999 as Area Sales Manager to follow Middle East and Mediterranean Rim. Among others, he was in charge of projects ranging from milling plants upgrade with high efficiency classifier (Egypt, Serbia, etc.) to complete plants expansion (Qatar).

Working for Baker Hughes in Saudi Arabia, Stephen is General Manager for Enterprise Reliability within the Industrial Solutions group that offers Asset Performance Management solutions.

Having worked in Europe, Asia Pacific, North America and the Middle East, Stephen has worked extensively with asset intensive companies that need to ensure they can achieve optimal performance from their assets whilst balancing cost, risk and achieving targets such as emissions reduction.

Stephen works with companies to prepare for reliability & asset management digitalization projects, and helps them improve the availability and reliability of their key assets by ensuring data is accurate, current and in line with their facility design and needs.

My Speaker Bio (max. 500 words):
Damian Reilly is extremely experienced in Cement manufacturing, having worked in the industry for 35 years, with six different career promotions in the same progressive cement manufacturer, Mannok.

Damian started as a Control Room Operator in 1988 at Quinn Cement (now Mannok) and three years later progressed to Shift Supervisor. The plant, at that time in Co. Fermanagh, Northern Ireland (NI), was a newly FCB constructed plant with an output of 1450 tpd clinker.

In 2000, Mannok’s production moved from the NI based plant to a newly built 3600 tpd facility, supplied by FLSmidth, just across the Irish border in Co. Cavan, Republic of Ireland (ROI), and Damien worked with the team who helped commission the new plant.

In 2001, Damian received further promotion as he began to manage the maintenance of the new plant in Cavan along with the day-to-day running of the bagging plant in Fermanagh. Two years later, Damian’s responsibilities expanded to quarry material selection and the development of a state-of-the-art bagging facility at the ROI site.

In 2004, having been involved in the development of the ROI plant, Damian was promoted to Production Manager which he held for eight years until another promotion followed in 2012.

As Processor Manager Damian was responsible for overall production including the running of the bagging plant, working with quality and environmental and electrical and mechanical teams. Also, during this role, which Damian held for over ten years, he was involved in a number of innovative projects, including an R&D project with Danish University and FLSmidth on the development of the world’s first FUELFLEX® Pyrolyzer which maximises the use of SRF in precalcination.

Early this year, in 2023, Damian was promoted to General Manager of Mannok’s entire cement operations, a 35-hectare cement plant site capable of producing around 1.4Mt/yr.

Over the past three decades, Damian has worked in almost every area of cement manufacturing, witnessing a wealth of innovation. He is now embracing another period of evolution as the company strives to become net zero and considers the adoption of more sophisticated AI.

After graduating from Cambridge University in 1979, Mr Riley worked in a number of management roles in the UK, the USA, Australia and Japan before moving to China in 1998. He was General Manager of a British project management and consulting firm, based in Shanghai and also Chairman of the British Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai before joining Holcim/Huaxin in 2006.

As Huaxin VP responsible for international business, strategy and sustainability, he oversaw Huaxin’s first overseas venture in Tajikistan. Mr Riley was Greater China Country Head for LafargeHolcim from 2014 to 2019. He has been CEO of WCA since September 1, 2019.

Greg Ross has over 35 years’ experience in executive roles in engineering, manufacturing and product development. He has worked and lived in various locations including the USA, Norway, Malaysia, and Australia. His engineering background started with mechanical seal product design and development in heavy mining industry applications. This lead to an extend period working in detailed process and mechanical design of packages in industrial, petrochemical and oil and gas projects. As Greg gained further experience, he spent the last 20 years in the management of large engineering and fabrication enterprises focusing on the design and manufacture of cryogenic storage vessels and equipment and gas processing packages as well as subsea oil and gas production technology. In the USA he oversaw the development of various novel separation technologies from concept through to manufacture and commercialization. More recently he was Country Manager of Aker Solutions in Australia and was responsible for the regional sales and marketing for major projects throughout Asia Pacific before joining KC8 Capture Technologies as a start up enterprise and is now taking the company through to full commercialization of the UNO MK3 capture technology.

Mr. Wei Rushan, is the Vice General Manager of CNBM Group, and the president and executive director of CNBM Limited. Mr. Wei has accumulated extensive experience in strategic research, investment management, capital operation, and transformation and development.
Mr. Wei obtained a doctoral degree in political economy from the School of Economics of Renmin University of China in 2007. He is a Senior Economist.

Mr. Wei was honored with the First Prize of National Enterprise Management Modernization in 2018, the First Prize of National Building Material Enterprise Management Modernization Innovation Achievement in 2019 and other awards.

Dr. Markus Sauer has been working in the area of integrated cement plants at thyssenkrupp Polysius for +14 years. In his current position, he heads the integrated plant proposal department. The focus is particularly on new technologies for the decarbonisation of the cement industry. In recent years, he has been involved in projects using polysius ® pure oxyfuel technology.

In 1990 he started his career as R&D Engineer for Combustion Optimization at BFI Automation GmbH in Germany, later as Head of Sales within the DURAG group.

10 years later Dirk founded with 2 partners Powitec Intelligent Technologies. This company introduced in 2001 as first company Artificial Intelligence into the cement industry.

From 2008 to 2015 Dirk enhanced his experience and acknowledge as Director Sales and Marketing with Intercem Engineering, HEKO Ketten and PROMECON.

Process optimization using Artificial Intelligence as well as innovative sensor concepts are Dirks core competences.

Since January 2016 Dirk is Director of KIMA Process Control in Juelich, and made as Company and Brand Ambassador KIMA Process to a well-known solution provider in the cement industry.

Daniel Stack is the Co-founder and CEO of Electrified Thermal Solutions, Inc. (ETS), a new technology startup that is decarbonizing industry with electrified heat. He earned his PhD in Nuclear Science and Engineering at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, with a specialization in energy conversion and thermal energy storage. His doctoral inventions form the foundation of ETS and its flagship product, the Joule Hive™ thermal battery. Daniel is an Activate fellow of the 2021 Boston cohort, an awardee of ARPA-E SEED, and a representative on the Long Duration Energy Storage Council. He has authored and co-authored a variety of papers on electrified thermal energy storage in academic and industry journals, and has spoken at various energy conferences, workshops and panels on repowering industrial processes and power plants with electrified thermal energy storage.

Dr Daniel Summerbell is Co-Founder and Chief Solutions Officer at Carbon Re and a Visiting Industrial Fellow at the Institute for Manufacturing. With a background in process engineering across a range of industries in the US, Canada & Europe, he began a programme of research into the cement industry in 2014. Dan's PhD research focused on cost-effective environmental improvements in industry, with a particular focus on construction and the cement industry. He is the developer of the Zero Loss Sustainability Toolkit and other interests include industrial demand-side management of electricity, and material efficiency approaches.

Prior to pursuing a research career, he worked in manufacturing operations across the UK, Europe and North America, including in the consumer products, food & drink, mining and energy industries.

Michael Suppaner embarked on his academic journey at the esteemed Montan University in Leoben, Austria. Upon completing his studies, he entered the industrial sector in 1988 by joining the Veitscher Magnesite Works, which is presently recognized as RHI-Magnesita Refractories. In this pioneering phase, Michael was instrumental in laying the foundation for RHI’s operations across Asia and Oceania. Not only did he play a pivotal role in expanding the refractory sales across these regions, but he also spearheaded the establishment of RHI's inaugural production plants in China. His dedication and leadership skills were further acknowledged when he was appointed as the "Head of Cement Division Asia & Oceania."

In 2002, Michael transitioned to A TEC and took on the mantle of Managing Director of A TEC Asia, based in Kuala Lumpur. Later, he ventured into waste processing in Malaysia as an entrepreneur. Although this three-year stint didn't unfold as anticipated, Michael's resilience saw him return to A TEC in Austria. Respecting his desire, he was welcomed back into the team, this time as the Senior Sales- and Business Development Manager. For the past 20 years, Michael Suppaner has been a fervent advocate for sustainable environmental improvements in cement plants. Through his role at A TEC and on a personal level, he has championed the reduction of CO2 and other harmful emissions from cement manufacturing and global waste treatment processes. His unwavering commitment to supporting both the cement and waste industries in curbing greenhouse gas emissions and diminishing the use of fossil fuels was recognized when he was honored with the "CemFuels 2023 Personality of the Year" award at the Global CemFuels Conference in Istanbul last September.

Dr. Sui has more than 30 years of experience in cement industry, and is an expert in the field of low carbon advanced cementitious materials. Enlisted in Talents Honored by National New Century Millions of Talents Project, he is an expert enjoying special government allowance from the State Council. He holds various positions in different organizations/associations, including, strategy and technology expert of international cooperation in Ministry of Science and Technology, senior consultant of China Cement Association (CCA), co-chair of GCCA Innovation Working Group (WKG5), senior member of RILEM TC-SCM, etc..

Noticeably, he has received a variety of significant awards/titles, among them, secondary prize in State Invention Award, China Outstanding Engineers, ACI Outstanding and Sustained Contributions in the Broad area of Concrete Technology, etc.

Roland was appointed as Group CEO of PPC Ltd in October 2019, and has over 20 years of CEO and consulting experience on a global scale, with a broad skill set encompassing operations management, strategy planning & execution, business process re-engineering, project planning and management, service delivery, senior-level relationship building and people management and development.

His experience in the cement industry started in 1998, and from 2010 to 2013 Roland served as CEO of Holcim Philippines followed by a CEO position at Holcim Trading. In all his CEO roles he has actively contributed to the reduction of the environmental footprint of the companies he worked for and also took additional external roles to drive the environmental agenda.

Is a CEO, at Huaxin Cement Co., Ltd. He holds a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering, and PHD of Business Administration. He joined Huaxin Cement in 1987 and held various positions (served as Chief Executive Officer and Chief Engineer in December 1999, a member of the Board of Directors of the company since 1994 , etc.). He also serves as Vice Chairman of China Building Materials Federation and China Cement Association, Chief specialist and Executive Chairman of the Specialist Committee of China Building Materials Federation.