Cemvision strengthens its leadership team - appoints Michael Niska as CFO
Cemvision strengthens its leadership team and continues to take important steps in scaling up its revolutionary near-zero cement. New Chief Financial Officer Michael Niska brings extensive experience from high-growth industrial businesses and will play a key part in accelerating the scale-up of ultra-low-carbon cement.
“Michael combines rigorous financial discipline with a builder’s mindset. His experience in high-growth industrial businesses and project finance will be invaluable as we expand capacity, deepen partnerships with customers, and deliver on our mission to decarbonize cement at scale”, says Oscar Hållén, CEO of Cemvision.
Michael holds an MSc in Business Administration and Economics and has over 15 years of financial leadership experience from the transport and climate tech space. His most recent position was with Aira, a fast-growing end-to-end provider of next-generation heat pumps. With Aira, Michael drove business excellence processes and played a pivotal role in securing financing to enable and accelerate future growth.
“I’m thrilled to join Cemvision at this pivotal moment,” said Michael Niska. “Cemvision’s technology and customer momentum show that decarbonizing cement is both possible and commercially attractive. I look forward to partnering with the leadership team to scale responsibly, support our customers, and drive long-term value.”
Strong momentum across the organization
The appointment follows a period of strong progress for Cemvision, including several customer projects demonstrating both product and market readiness for Cemvision's near-zero cement, Re-ment Massive. In the coming months, Cemvision is entirely focusing on continuing to ramp up towards industrial-scale production with several key hires, adding years of experience and know-how:
Claudio Barrera (ex-Northvolt), Program Director Global Expansion
Ida Westberg (ex-Stegra), General Counsel, joining October 1st
Douglas Uhno (ex. Nortvolt), Key Account Manager
Sten Rodestam (ex. Sika), Technical Sales Manager
Markus Hagman (ex. Skanska), Technical Sales Manager Sweden
Mark Davey (ex. Mapei), Technical Sales Manager UK
Balasan Khachadoorian (ex-Skanska), Technical Project Specialist in the R&D team
“By not only adding industry expertise but also attracting top talent from other industrial scale-ups to our team, we add the knowledge and capabilities needed to turn breakthrough R&D into industrial impact. This is a great testament to the momentum of our scale-up journey”, says Oscar Hållén.
