Cemex SAB (CEMEXCPO) stayed close to home and took just three days to name its first new chief executive officer since 1985. Investors signaled their approval.<br /><br />The shares rose for the first time in three trading sessions today after Cemex promoted Chief Financial Officer Fernando Gonzalez to CEO and named Rogelio Zambrano as chairman. Longtime leader Lorenzo Zambrano died May 12.<br /><br />The swift transition fulfilled predictions of analysts and investors, who said the deceased Zambrano built a professional management team at the largest cement maker in the Americas even as he kept three relatives on the board. Gonzalez, 59, takes over a 108-year-old company poised to turn its first quarterly profit since 2009, according to the average of five analyst estimates compiled by Bloomberg, as a global building recovery boosts demand.