Lafarge Spain has appointed Maruxa Suárez as Director of the Villaluenga de la Sagra cement plant in Toledo. This is the first time that a woman has been named as director of a cement plant in Spain.

Suárez joined Lafarge in 2004, working in the company’s environmental department in Madrid before moving to the Villaluenga de la Sagra plant. Before being promoted to Director, she served as Head of Production at the plant. She succeeds Mariano García Hoyos, who has taken up the role of Industrial Director at Lafarge Malaysia.

Suárez holds a degree in chemical science from the University of Córdoba and a degree in biochemistry from the University of Seville, as well as a Masters specialising in biotechnology.