Nina Cardinal has joined Hanson Cement as its new national technical manager. Ms Cardinal heads up the division’s technical team, which offers customers advice, information and support on all cement and cementitious issues.

Ms Cardinal previously worked at Tata Speciality Steels for more than 20 years, latterly as technical director responsible for a 70-strong team, before joining the University of Sheffield in 2016 as director of operations in the Faculty of Science.

"I am delighted to join the Hanson team," said Nina. "I am looking forward to building on our market-leading technical support and working with our customers to ensure they get the best possible customer service."

Mark Hickingbottom, commercial director bulk products, added: "Nina has an excellent understanding of product and service development and will be working with customers and operational teams across our cement and concrete business lines."