The Weir Group has appointed Ricardo Garib to its Group Executive as Divisional Managing Director of the Weir Minerals Division with effect from January 1, 2016. He will succeed Dean Jenkins, who as previously announced will join the Board as Chief Operating Officer, also effective from that date. Garib has led Weir Minerals’ operations in Latin America since 2001 having previously been Managing Director of the business in Chile. He is a graduate mechanical engineer, Vice President of the Association of Industrial Mining Suppliers and an elected Counsellor for the Board of the Chilean Federation of Industry.