The Mineral Products Association (MPA) has appointed Lex Russell, managing director of Cemex UK materials, as its new non-executive chairman for the next two years.
Succeeding Simon Willis, CEO of Hanson UK, who held the role for an extended three-year period, he will work with MPA chief executive officer Jon Prichard.
Mr Russell has worked in the building materials industry for 40 years, initially starting in 1984 with Scottish quarrying and concrete product business Alexander Russell.
In 1989 he joined RMC’s technical department before progressing through the organisation as quarry manager, operations manager, business manager and director.
In 2005 Cemex acquired RMC and two years later Mr Russell moved to Australia to lead a team in the post-merger integration of Rinker,also acquired by Cemex in 2007.
He returned to the UK as vice president before becoming managing director of the Cemex UK materials business in 2018.