Svante Technologies, a leading carbon capture and removal solutions provider, appointed Justine Fisher as chief financial officer (CFO). The company has been rapidly scaling since it closed $318 million in its Series E fundraising round in December 2022.
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The Portland Cement Association (PCA) announced new leadership for its board of directors after holding elections at its last meeting of 2023.
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CarbonCapture promoted Dr. Saeb Besarati to the position of chief technology officer. He previous joined the company in 2019 as director of systems engineering.
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TIME reporters and editors include in their inaugural TIME100 Climate list two executives of startup companies developing low carbon, specification-grade binders for full replacement of portland cement in concrete: Brimstone Vice President of Materials Science & Geology Marcelo De Oliveira, Ph.D.; and, Sublime Systems Co-Founder and Massachusetts Institute of Technology Professor of Materials Science and Engineering Yet-Ming Chiang.
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Caribbean Cement Co. announced the appointment of Jorge Alejandro Martinez Mora as managing director, effective Dec.1. Martinez Mora succeeds Yago Castro Izaguirre, who will be moving to another position within parent company Cemex.
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The World Cement Association (WCA) has appointed Wei Rushan as president, succeeding Song Zhiping. He is president and executive director of China National Building Materials Co. Ltd. (CNBM), the world’s largest cement producer.
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Christopher Ashworth is the new president of FLSmidth Cement, effective immediately, succeeding Asger Lauritsen, who left the position in August.
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Fernando A. González, CEO of Cemex, will succeed outgoing Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) President Jan Jenisch, CEO of Holcim.
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Cement decarbonization pioneer Fortera recently named Kas Farsad its chief strategy officer. He was the lead inventor of the company’s novel cement chemistry over a decade ago while working as a technical contributor.
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Terra CO2, developer of low-carbon cementitious materials, named Chance Allen as chief operating officer and Anjy Salinas as chief financial officer, ahead of an early-2024 groundbreaking on a charter production facility for the company’s flagship offering, OPUS SCM.
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