Nicolas Valdinoci has been announced as the new director of Lafarge Moldova, replacing Louis de Sambucy who is moving to Lafarge Algeria.

Mr Valdinoci has been at Lafarge since 2007. For three years he worked in the company’s department of strategy and in 2010 he became the financial director of the concrete and aggregates division of Lafarge Algeria. In 2012, he was appointed the deputy director of sales at Lafarge Algeria.

Lafarge holds a 95.31 per cent stake in Lafarge Ciment (Moldova). It operates a 1.4Mta plant in Rezina which has been undergoing a significant modernisation programme.