Ecocem appoints new UK and Ireland MD

Sherry brings almost two decades of experience in the property industry and expertise from several positions as a non-executive director.

As managing director, Sally Anne is responsible for all aspects of Ecocem’s UK and Irish business, from operations and finance to market development, partnerships and sustainability. Her contribution is imperative for Ecocem’s success as it gears up to commercialise ACT, its low carbon cement technology, which could decarbonise the cement industry by up to 70 per cent. In line with Ecocem’s other manufacturing plants, the Dublin plant will be develope

d and expanded to support the commercial availability of ACT by 2026. This appointment follows Susan McGarry’s recent move to take up the role of director of public affairs and sustainability at Ecocem Global.

Sally Anne Sherry said: “The need to cut global carbon emissions has never been more pressing, and the cement industry has a huge role to play in this. I’m looking forward to making my contribution to Ecocem’s mission. It’s an honour to have this opportunity to join an industry trailblazer in its efforts to achieve a sustainable future for all.”

Ecocem founder and MD Donal O’Riain said: “The next few years are going to be the most important for our business as we continue to develop and commercialise ACT, our revolutionary low carbon cement technology, in Europe and beyond. The carbon challenge facing our industry is significant and tackling it will make a major contribution to global decarbonisation. There is no better time to welcome Sally Anne

and the wealth of experience she brings as we drive towards that goal.” Ecocem is a pioneer of high-performance technology that significantly reduces CO2 emissions in the cement and construction industries. Its breakthrough technology can reduce the global carbon footprint of the traditional cement manufacturing process by more than half.

For more than 20 years, Ecocem has been developing, manufacturing, and supplying low carbon cement and construction solutions to markets in Europe. It operates from plants in France, the Netherlands, and Ireland with an annual production of over two million tonnes of low carbon cements.

From Le Grand Paris Express to Dublin’s Aviva Stadium, and the UK’s high-speed railway HS2, Ecocem has achieved a cumulative reduction to date of almost eighteen million tonnes CO2 emissions – equivalent to the total annual emissions of Croatia. It would take over eight hundred million trees to capture this amount of CO2 in a year. Investors in Ecocem include Saint-Gobain Group, a global leader in light sustainable construction, and Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Ecocem also counts ArcelorMittal, the world’s leading steel and mining company, as a major shareholder in its Ecocem France subsidiary.