Holcim UK appoint new director of commercial growth

Company welcomes Prasoon Kumar as new director to lead commercial growth within the UK

HOLCIM UK have appointed Prasoon Kumar as their new director of commercial growth and as a member of their UK executive committee.

Mr Kumar will be responsible for pricing, strategy, and commercial excellence across the business and will lead the Commercial Growth Team, which incorporates both market insights and Salesforce.

Mr Kumar has nearly 20 years’ experience working across engineering, power and utilities, chemicals, and the oil and gas sectors, going on to specialize in commercial, pricing, and strategy.

Having worked in roles across the globe including the UK, US, UAE, Angola, Kuwait, and Norway, he has led commercial growth in new markets for offshore wind, a global transformation at Seadrill, and large scale commercial transformations while part of McKinsey.

Lee Sleight, chief executive officer, said: ‘We welcome Prasoon to Holcim UK and I look forward to him helping us unlock our commercial potential across the business.

‘He brings fantastic experience alongside key qualities that will help us enable and elevate our UK strategy with a view to make sustainable construction a reality.’

Commenting on his appointment, Mr Kumar said: ‘I am delighted to have joined Holcim UK at an exciting time when it has just rebranded and it is embedding its new UK strategy taking it through to 2030.

‘I am looking forward to working closely with our talented teams across the business to help drive strategic growth in key markets.’