Bamburi Cement Plc Appoints Geoffrey Ndugwa As New CEO

Bamburi Cement Plc Board has announced the appointment of Mr. Geoffrey Ndugwa as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO), effective 1^st April 2026. Mr. Ndugwa succeeds Mr. Mohit Kapoor, who concludes his successful assignment in the country.

A seasoned veteran of the Holcim Group, Mr. Ndugwa brings over two decades of executive experience across sub-Saharan Africa. He most recently served as the Mergers and Acquisitions Projects Director for the Holcim Group MEA Region and previously held the role of CEO at Lafarge South Africa.

Confirming the appointment, Bamburi Cement Board Chairman Dr. John Simba described Mr. Ndugwa as a transformative leader known for driving sustainable profitability and establishing rigorous governance frameworks. While paying tribute to the outgoing CEO, Mr Kapoor, Dr Simba confirmed that the company had stepped up its business and Human Capital development efforts to position Bamburi Cement as a leading local cement products manufacturer.

“The Board is delighted to welcome Mr. Ndugwa. He is a seasoned business leader who has successfully held several strategic roles across the continent, delivering excellent corporate results,” said Dr. Simba. “We also extend our sincere gratitude to Mr. Mohit Kapoor for his leadership in stabilizing the business during a critical transition phase.” He added, “We also want to extend our appreciation to the outgoing CEO, Mr Mohit Kapoor, who has stabilised the business and provided leadership at a unique phase of the business turnaround and transition process.”

A Master of Business Administration (MBA) Degree Holder from the Edinburgh Business School (Heriot-Watt University, UK), Mr. Ndugwa also holds a B.Eng. (Hons) in Civil Engineering from the University of East London. He also holds a PGD in Marketing from the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing (CIM) and is a Chartered Marketer.

He is a member of both the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers and the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing and is a graduate of the Lafarge University/INSEAD Executive Development programme.

Mr. Ndugwa started his career as a Structural Engineer before joining Lafarge in Uganda in 2001. He held various positions until 2006, when he briefly joined Barclays Bank as Head of Business Support. He rejoined Lafarge in 2007 to lead Bamburi Special Products Ltd. In March 2012, he was appointed General Manager, Marketing, Innovation & Corporate Sales at Lafarge Cement WAPCO.

Nigeria PLC, a position he held until April 2014, when he was appointed Commercial Director for Bamburi Cement Ltd. In November 2019, he was appointed Country Chief Executive Officer (CCEO) of Lafarge in Malawi, a position he held until he moved to Lafarge Cement Zimbabwe as CCEO in January 2022.

In recent months, Bamburi Cement, a member of the Amsons Group, has reinforced its strategic ambition to secure long-term clinker self-sufficiency, enhance production capacity, and support national infrastructure demands.

As part of its corporate business development plans, Bamburi Cement late last year signed a US$250 million (Kshs 32 billion) Engineering, Procurement, and Construction (EPC) contract with Sinoma CBMI Construction Co., Ltd for the construction of a turnkey clinkerisation factory in Matuga, Kwale County.

The construction of the state-of-the-art 1.6 million tonnes-a-year new clinkerisation plant, incorporating advanced, carbon-neutral technologies to reduce environmental impact, is part of Bamburi Cement’s corporate strategy to double its production capacity for quality cement and concrete products, to power Kenya’s infrastructure development and economic transformation.

Through the turnkey clinkerisation factory, Bamburi Cement Plc aims to more than double its clinker and ultimately its cement production capacities, from 1 million Tons to 2.6 million Tons for Clinker and from 1.8 million Tons to 4 million Tons for quality cement.

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