Ian Riley - Open Day Chair
CEO, WCA
After graduating from Cambridge University in 1979, Ian 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. Ian Riley was Greater China Country Head for LafargeHolcim from 2014 to 2019. He has been CEO of WCA since September 1, 2019.
Zhiping Song - Keynote Address
President, WCA and Former Chairman, CNBM
Song Zhiping is the President of the World Cement Association, Chairman of China Association for Public Companies, Chairman of China Enterprise Reform and Development Society, and former Chairman of China National Building Material Group Co., Ltd. (CNBM) and Sinopharm. With a PhD in Management Engineering, Mr. Song has received a number of awards for his management and entrepreneurial skills, including the Golden Globe Award for China’s Outstanding Entrepreneur, Yuan Baohua Business Management Award, China Economic Figure of the Year, Fortune CEO Lifetime Achievement Award and others.
Mahendra Singhi - Keynote Speaker
CEO, Dalmia Cement
Mr. Singhi is Managing Director and CEO of Dalmia Cement, a prominent cement manufacturing group in India. Dalmia is ranked no.1 globally by CDP on Low Carbon Economy Transition and noted by the UN Secretary General for its climate innovation. A visionary and advocate of sustainability, Mr. Singhi has been the driving-force in inculcating this concept in the objectives and operations of the cement companies he has worked with. He has represented the business and cement sector globally in the most recognised multi-country platforms such as the Climate Action Summit of UN General Assembly by invitation of the UN Secretary-General; the Paris Climate Agreement Ceremony among many more.
Nigel Topping
UK High Level Climate Champion - COP26
Manon Burbidge
Communications and Policy Coordinator, WCA
Manon is the Policy and Communications Coordinator for WCA. Passionate about gender equality, Manon launched and manages the organisation's Gender Focus Network, and is also working on the WCA Climate and Sustainability strategy.
Alex Cameron
Founder and CEO, Decarb Connect
Alex is the Founder and CEO of Decarb Connect, an organisation committed to accelerating industrial decarbonisation in hard to abate sectors, whether that be cement, steel, chemicals, O&G, power, mining, glass, ceramics.
Whether through cross-sector introductions, data products or events - everything Decarb Connect does helps your organisation untangle the challenges of decarbonisation in energy intensive sectors.
Jenny Chu
Head of Energy Productivity Initiatives & China Corporate Partnerships, The Climate Group
Jenny is the Head of Energy Productivity Initiatives & China Corporate Partnerships and The Climate Group, London, and has over 20 years of international experience working on climate and energy issues.
She is responsible for The Climate Group's strategy and implementation of projects focused on the hard to abate sectors, including focusing on growing the demand for low carbon materials and assessing opportunities to integrate the decarbonisation of heavy industry within COVID-19 recovery plans.
Brent Constantz
CEO, Blue Planet
Brent Constantz, Ph.D, is the CEO of Blue Planet System Corporation, USA.
Harald Friedl
Cement Lead - UK COP26 Climate Champion's Office
Christie Gamble
Senior Director of Sustainability, Carbon Cure
Harshit Gupta
HR, Training & Development, JK Cement Ltd
Gregory H Kats
Founder, Smart Surface Coalition
Greg has played a substantial role in developing the clean energy, green building and decarbonisation industries as a long-time thought leader and impact investor. He founded the Smart Surface Coalition in 2019 to slow global warming, redress social inequity and build urban resilience.
The Coalition includes 40 partners such as the American Institute of Architects, the National League of Cities and the American Public Health Association. He is President of Capital E which invests in clean energy startups and helps institutions design, scale and implement clean energy and decarbonisation.
Vincent Lefebvre
CEO, Cem'In'Eu
Frank Liu
Director, Beijing Office, WCA
Jiaomei Ma
Cement Pyro Systems Engineer, Sinoma Tianjin
Ma Jiaomei is an engineer and researcher specialising in cement pyro systems for the Sinoma Tianjin Research Institute in China.
Paul Majsztrik
Director of Applied Research, Solidia Technologies
Paul Majsztrik is the Director of Applied Research for Solidia Technologies, USA, in charge of the company's innovation and commercialization of low CO2 cement and concrete technology.
Matthias Mersmann
CTO, KHD Humboldt Wedag
Matthias Mersmann has been the CTO for KHD Humboldt Wedag, Germany since 2020.
He has 25 years experience in the process industry, with a focus on efficiency and emissions in high energy industry, development of machines and processes, optimisation of the operation of industrial production plants.
Jo Michael
Membership Engagement and Communications Coordinator, WCA
Jo Michael is the Membership Engagement and Communications Coordinator at WCA. She is responsible for managing the Professional Committees and the PEGASUS programmes, as well as interacting with our members across the world on a daily basis.
Faith Musinga
Head of Legal, Risk & Compliance, PPC Zimbabwe
Ashwani Pahuja
Chief Sustainability Officer, Dalmia Bharat Cement
Delon Perumal
Head of Operations, PPC
Delon Perumal is Head of Operations at PPC International, South Africa.
Jerome Portal
Sales Manager for Mineral Activities, Fives FCB
Anil Raman
Health and Safety Director, YTL
Anil Raman has been the Health and Safety Director of YTL Cement, Malaysia since 2018. He believes everyone deserves to return home to their loved ones, unharmed. To make this possible, he strives to influence workplace systems and procedures that enable safe behaviour and ultimately, a safe working culture, as well as focussing on 'factors influencing behavior' to ensure results of safety initiatives are sustainable. He also Chairs WCA's Safety and Health committee.
Ahmed Safraoui
Corporate Process Manager, CIMAT
Ahmed Safraoui is the Corporate Process Manager at CIMAT, Morocco, providing support and technical expertise to cement plants.
Haiquan Sun
Marketing Director - Sinoma TCRDI
Burcin Temel McKenna
Head of Cement Process and Systems, R&D, FLSmidth
Roland Van Wijnen
CEO, PPC Ltd
Kedong Wang
China Chief Engineer and Assistant to General Manager, CUCC
Rosy Wang
Senior Coordinator, WCA
Rosy Wang is the Senior Coordinator for the WCA Beijing office, with many years of experience as an engineer in the cement industry. Rosy manages the PEGASUS Programme, WCA's benchmarking and gap analysis service, as well as being involved with the professional committees.
