Dhaka, Bangladesh (BBN) – The Co-President of Cement Division of Lafarge Group of France, Mr. Isidoro Miranda arrives in the city on Sunday on an official visit to Bangladesh.
During his visit, Mr Miranda will be reviewing Lafarge Surma Cement Ltd’s (LSC) business and strategies in Bangladesh. He will meet a number of Ministers and senior officials of the Government. He also plans to interact with the Board members as well as the staff of the LSC, a press statement said in Dhaka on Saturday.
Isidoro Miranda (1959) has a doctorate (Ph.D.) in engineering from Navarre University (Spain), an MBA from INSEAD, and was a Senior Visiting Scholar at Stanford (USA).
He began his career at a strategic consulting firm in London and Paris.
He joined Lafarge in 1995 as the Director of Group Strategic Research, before being appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Asland, the Group’s Spanish Cement subsidiary. In 2001, he was appointed to the Group Executive Committee as Executive Vice-President of the Cement Business. During this period, he formalized Lafarge’s business model in Cement through the ADVANCE program. From May 2003 to August 2007, he was Executive Vice-President, Gypsum.
Since September 1, 2007, he has been Executive Vice-President, Co-President of the Cement Business and a member of the Executive Committee.
Lafarge Group holds world’s top-ranking position in construction material industry, with about 78,000 employees in 78 countries. In 2010, for the sixth consecutive year, Lafarge has been listed as one of the 100 most sustainable companies in the world.
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