TPCC Annual Report 2008.indd - HeidelbergCement

Tanzania Portland Cement Company Ltd, Annual Report 2008
Board of Directors
Mr. Jean-Marc Junon, French
(B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering)
Mr. Jean-Marc Junon has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of TPCC from April 2005. He started his career in
the nuclear industry in France and South Africa, rising to the position of Site Manager. He joined the cement industry in
1987, in Italcementi Group, serving that Group for 14 years in increasingly more responsible posts, from plant manage-
ment to directorship of strategic business planning & development, based in Europe and South-East Asia / China. He
joined the HeidelbergCement Group in 2001 as Chief Operating Officer (COO) in charge of China. Since end 2004 he
has been COO for HeidelbergCement Africa. Mr. Junon chairs or sits on the boards of several other companies in the
Group.
Mr. Klaus Henrik Hvassing, Norwegian
(M.Sc. Degree in Business, B.Sc. Degree in Civil Engineering)
Mr. Klaus Hvassing was in December 2004 appointed Managing Director of TPCC, and Area Manager for East Africa,
responsible for Tanzania and project support in Africa. He entered HeidelbergCement in 1994 as Financial Manager of
the Norcem Kjøpsvik plant in Norway. He was appointed Plant Manager in the same plant in 1995 and, from 2001,
Plant Manager for Norcem Brevik plant. At the end of the same year he was appointed Senior Vice President in Scancem
International ANS, responsible for Technical Support, Procurement, and with country responsibility for Liberia and Sierra
Leone. Mr. Hvassing also serves on the boards of other companies in the HeidelbergCement Group.
Mr. William A. Mlaki, Tanzanian
(M.Sc Degree in Industrial and Agro-Industrial Management, and BA (Hons) in Economics)
Mr. William A. Mlaki is the Managing Director of Tanzania Investment Bank Limited. Before he became the bank’s CEO
Mr. Mlaki held other senior positions, first as Director of Planning and Development and then as Director of Portfolio
Monitoring and Supervision. He is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of PTA Bank (Eastern and Southern African
Trade and Development Bank) and a Director of the Board of Trustees of the SADC Development Finance Resource
Centre based in Gaborone, Botswana.
Mr. George Fumbuka, Tanzanian
(MBA Finance from the University of Strathclyde Business School, CPA)
Since 1990 he is Director and CEO of CORE Securities. He has previously worked for Tanesco (1984-89), Coopers and
Lybrand (1981-84), the Board of External Trade (1976-78) and for the Institute of Finance Management (1976-81). He
is a Board Member at Ngorongoro Conservation area Authority and is sitting on the Ministerial Advisory Board - RIA and
the Governing Council of the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange.
Mr. Daniel Gauthier, Belgian
(Civil Eng. Mining, Master Degree in Management, Civil Engineer)
Mr. Gauthier has 28 years experience in the cement industry. He is a member of the Managing Board of the Heidel-
bergCement Group and CEO for the area of Benelux - Northern Europe - United Kingdom - Africa - Med-East, and
Trading. He is the President and CEO of CBR S.A., President of the European Cement Research Association, President
of Plytech Mons Alumni, Board Member of LVI (Carmeuse Group), Member of Cembureau Board and Member of the
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