Darryll Castle appointed CEO of PPC

Financial analyst Darryll Castle is the new CEO of South African cement manufacturer PPC, effective 12 January 2015. Castle was previously COO of mining firm Metorex, and before that CEO of Trafigura Mining Group and Anvil Mining, with significant experience in various parts of Africa. The appointment is tied to a board reshuffling prompted by a conflict with former CEO Ketso Gordhan who left in September 2014.