Yanbu Cement Company has appointed Mohamed Elkhereiji as chairman of its board of directors, the Saudi cement producer said in a disclosure published on Tuesday 7 July. Elkhereiji takes the chair in a non-executive capacity, with Riyadh Aba Al-Khail, an engineer, named vice chairman on the same basis. The decisions place new leadership at the head of one of the principal cement producers serving Saudi Arabia's western region at a time when the company is modernising its core operations.
The board constituted itself following the election of the company's seventeenth board of directors at an ordinary general assembly held on 15 June 2026. The new term runs for four years, from 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2030. At the same sitting, members approved the formation of the company's standing committees, establishing an executive committee, a nomination and remuneration committee and an audit committee for the current term, and appointed a board secretary. Aba Al-Khail will additionally serve as a member of the nomination and remuneration committee.
The company's disclosure identifies its new chairman by his full name, Mohamed bin Abdullah bin Abdul Karim Elkhereiji, and records both his appointment and that of the vice chairman as non-executive positions, an arrangement that keeps board oversight distinct from executive management. The audit committee formed for the term comprises two independent members alongside one member drawn from outside the board, a composition consistent with the governance requirements applied to companies listed on the Saudi Exchange.
Yanbu Cement is listed on the Saudi Exchange and ranks among the larger cement producers supplying Saudi Arabia's western region, where demand is underpinned by housing and infrastructure programmes. Trade publication International Cement Review reported earlier this year that the company recorded higher revenue for its 2025 financial year. In late June the company entered a partnership with Mastek, an IT services firm, to modernise its production-to-dispatch operations as part of a wider digital transformation of the business.
The refreshed board takes office as Saudi cement producers position themselves for construction demand linked to the kingdom's large development programmes. Read together, the election of a new board, the prompt formation of its committees and the continuing investment in operational technology suggest a mandate centred on continuity and modernisation rather than abrupt change. That reading is an inference from the sequence of the company's recent announcements; the company itself has framed the appointments simply as the routine constitution of its newly elected board.
