Fives Pillard has announced the appointment of Xavier Nicolas as the new managing director of Fives Pillard, in Marseille, France. Mr Nicolas will oversee the operational management of the company and the development of its activity, notably its combustion systems and digital solutions offer to decarbonise the cement and energy industries.

Mr Nicolas joined the Fives group two years ago as the managing director of Fives Cryomec in the cryogenics sector.