Bamburi Cement Plc has named Geoffrey Ndugwa as its new Chief Executive Officer, effective 1 April 2026, as the company accelerates a major expansion of its production capacity in Kenya.
Ndugwa succeeds Mohit Kapoor, who steered the business through a critical transition period. Board Chairman Dr. John Simba described Kapoor’s tenure as one of stabilisation and business turnaround, and extended the company’s gratitude for his leadership before welcoming his successor.
A Career Built Across the Continent
Ndugwa arrives with more than two decades of executive experience across sub-Saharan Africa, all of it within the Holcim Group ecosystem. He most recently served as Mergers and Acquisitions Projects Director for the Holcim Group Middle East and Africa Region and previously led Lafarge South Africa as CEO.
His career traces a path from structural engineering to corporate leadership. He began as a Structural Engineer before joining Lafarge in Uganda in 2001, rising through several roles before a brief move to Barclays Bank in 2006 as Head of Business Support. He returned to Lafarge in 2007 to lead Bamburi Special Products Ltd, and from there took on progressively senior roles across Nigeria, Kenya, Malawi and Zimbabwe.
In Nigeria, he served as General Manager for Marketing, Innovation and Corporate Sales at Lafarge Cement WAPCO Nigeria PLC from 2012 to 2014. He then moved to Kenya as Commercial Director for Bamburi Cement before being appointed Country Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Malawi in November 2019. In January 2022, he relocated to Zimbabwe in the same role.
Dr. Simba summed up the board’s confidence in the appointment: “He is a seasoned business leader who has successfully held several strategic roles across the continent, delivering excellent corporate results.”
Academic Credentials
Ndugwa holds a Master of Business Administration from Edinburgh Business School at Heriot-Watt University in the United Kingdom, a Bachelor of Engineering with Honours in Civil Engineering from the University of East London, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Marketing from the UK Chartered Institute of Marketing. He is a Chartered Marketer, a member of the Uganda Institute of Professional Engineers, and a graduate of the Lafarge University and INSEAD Executive Development Programme.
A Company in Expansion Mode
Ndugwa steps into the role at a defining moment for Bamburi Cement, now a member of the Amsons Group. The company has set its sights on clinker self-sufficiency, higher production output and a stronger contribution to Kenya’s national infrastructure.
Late last year, Bamburi Cement signed a US$250 million Engineering, Procurement and Construction contract with Sinoma CBMI Construction Co., Ltd for a turnkey clinkerisation factory in Matuga, Kwale County. The facility will incorporate carbon-neutral technologies and produce 1.6 million tonnes of clinker per year.
The numbers tell the scale of the ambition. Once complete, the plant will push Bamburi’s clinker capacity from 1 million to 2.6 million tonnes annually, and cement production capacity from 1.8 million to 4 million tonnes. The company aims to more than double its output and position itself as a cornerstone supplier for Kenya’s infrastructure and economic development programmes.
Ndugwa now leads the business through the construction phase and into that expanded future.
