Management Composition
Mr. Sergio Alcantarilla - Chief Executive Officer
Mr. Alcantarilla is graduated from the Superior Industrial Engineering School in the University of Seville (Spain). He spent some time sharing his studies and Final Project, passed with Cum Laude, with works in different departments of the Engineering School, where he published articles related to energy generation with biomass in international magazines.
In 2002, he started his career in the cement industry and, since then, has participated practically in all fields of the business’ technical side. After more than five years as Plant Manager in Spain, he moved to Egypt in 2009 to form part of the Company’s Management, first as Plant Manager and later on, from mid-2012, as Chief Operation Officer. The Company’s strengthening performance since the start of cement commercialization is a direct reflection of his passion for optimization and operational excellence. Mr. Alcantarilla participated actively in the preparation phase of Arabian Cement Company IPO.
In 2015, Mr. Alcantarilla was Executive MBA graduated, with honors, from the IE Business School, Madrid, and shortly after, in August 2016, became CEO of Arabian Cement Company.
Mr. Hassan Gabry - Chief Commercial Officer
Mr. Gabry is a graduate of Faculty of Commerce, Ain Shams Cairo University on 1991. He has 24 years of commercial experience; 11 of which are in the Cement Industry as a Senior Commercial Director. The Cement journey started with Lafarge Sudan, moving to ASEC Algeria, GFH Bahrain,Khalij Holding Qatar, and since 2009 with Arabian Cement Company in Egypt.
Mr. Allan Hestbech - Chief Financial Officer
Mr. Hestbech has 14 years of experience in the Egyptian cement industry. He joined ACC in 2014. Prior to that, Mr. Hestbech assumed the role of Financial Director of Sinai White Cement. He has experience in financial management of cement companies, including cost optimization, reduction of financial costs and working capital as well as the financial management of plant erection projects.
Mr. Sameh Saleh - Chief Operations Officer
Mr. Saleh has 23 years of experience in the Egyptian cement industry. He joined ACC 2012 as Plant Manager. Prior to that he worked for RHI as ACC consultant for the construction of its green field project starting 2005 till 2012. In 2005 he was a member of ASEC group engineering division.
Mr. Saleh has diversified cement industry experience portfolio (i.e. engineering, upgrades and turnkey project management). He graduated from faculty of engineering Cairo University 1992. later on, AUC Project management diploma 2009 and last but not least, AUC Executive Master of Business Administration EMBA 2016.