Irving-based Commercial Metals Co. has appointed Kekin Ghelani as senior vice president, chief strategy officer.
Ghelani will be responsible for guiding the strategic direction of the company, driving long-term growth and M&A activity, leading integration efforts following future acquisitions, and ensuring alignment across all lines of business to support CMC’s competitive goals, the company said.
“I’m excited to welcome Kekin to our leadership team,” Peter R. Matt, CMC’s president and CEO, said in a statement. “His extensive experience in strategy, corporate development, mergers and acquisitions and business integration position him to help drive CMC’s growth plan.”
Previously, Ghelani was chief strategy and growth officer at Summit Materials Inc. from May 2022 to August 2024. Before that he served as vice president of strategy, growth and ventures of the Water & Protection business unit of DuPont de Nemours Inc. from 2019 to 2022.
From 2013 to 2019, Ghelani held roles of increasing responsibility at Irving-based Celanese Corp. He’s also held senior positions at Irving-based McKesson Corp. and at Honeywell International.
Through its extensive manufacturing network, principally located in the U.S. and Central Europe, CMC offers products and technologies to meet the critical reinforcement needs of the global construction sector. The company supports construction across a variety of applications, including infrastructure, non-residential, residential, industrial, and energy generation and transmission.
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