Rossen Papazov has been appointed country chief executive officer (CCEO) of Lafarge South Africa Holdings, effective 1 October 2017.
For the last four years, Papazov has been CCEO for Holcim (later LafargeHolcim) in Azerbaijan.
Papazov joined the international Holcim group in 2000 as the business development manager for Bulgaria. He went on to undertake a number of other management positions, including general manager of Aggregates and Readymix in Bulgaria, marketing director for Aggregates and Readymix in Belgium and The Netherlands, and commercial director for the Readymix business in Romania.

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