2009 Annual Report - CRH

W.I. O’Mahony*
BE, BL, MBA, FIEI
Liam O’Mahony joined CRH in 1971
and was appointed a Board Director
in 1992. He held various senior
management positions in the Group,
including Managing Director, Republic
of Ireland and UK Group companies,
Chief Executive of American operations
and Group Chief Executive. He retired
as an executive at the end of 2008
and continued as a Board member in
a non-executive capacity. He is
Chairman of Smurfit Kappa Group plc
and IDA Ireland, a director of Project
Management Limited and a member
of The Irish Management Institute
Council. (Aged 63).
M.S. Towe
Chief Executive Officer,
Oldcastle, Inc.
Mark Towe was appointed a CRH
Board Director with effect from 31st
July 2008. A United States citizen, he
joined CRH in 1997. In 2000, he was
appointed President of Oldcastle
Materials, Inc. and became the Chief
Executive Officer of this Division in
2006. He was appointed to his
current position of Chief Executive
Officer of Oldcastle, Inc. in July 2008.
With 36 years of experience in the
building materials industry, he has
overall responsibility for the Group’s
aggregates, asphalt and readymixed
concrete operations in the United
States and its products and
distribution businesses in the
Americas. (Aged 60).
U-H. Felcht*
Utz-Hellmuth Felcht became a
non-executive Director in July 2007.
A German national, he was, until May
2006, Chief Executive of Degussa AG,
Germany’s third largest chemical
company. He is a partner in the
private equity group One Equity
Partners Europe GmbH and a
member of the Supervisory Boards
of Jungbunzlauer Holding AG and
Süd-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft.
(Aged 62).
A. Manifold
FCPA, MBA, MBS
Chief Operating Officer
Albert Manifold was appointed
Chief Operating Officer of CRH and to
the CRH Board in January 2009. He
joined CRH in 1998. Prior to joining
CRH he was Chief Operating Officer
with a private equity group. He has
held a variety of senior positions,
including Finance Director of the
Europe Materials Division and Group
Development Director of CRH. Prior to
his current appointment, he was
Managing Director, Europe Materials.
(Aged 47).
Inset – top and bottom
W.P. Egan*
Bill Egan became a non-executive
Director in January 2007. A United
States citizen, he is founder and
General Partner of Alta
Communications and Marion Equity
Partners LLC, Massachusetts-based
venture capital firms. He is a director
of Cephalon, Inc. and the Irish venture
capital company Delta Partners
Limited. He also serves on the boards
of several communications, cable and
information technology companies.
He is Past President and Chairman of
the National Venture Capital
Association. (Aged 64).
D.N. O’Connor*
BComm, FCA
Dan O’Connor became a nonexecutive
Director in June 2006.
He was, until March 2006, President
and Chief Executive Officer of GE
Consumer Finance - Europe and
a Senior Vice President of GE.
He is Executive Chairman of Allied
Irish Banks plc. (Aged 50).
*Non-executive
Board Committees
Acquisitions
K. McGowan, Chairman
G.A. Culpepper
M. Lee
A. Manifold
T.V. Neill
D.N. O’Connor
W.I. O’Mahony
Audit
J.M. de Jong, Chairman**
U-H. Felcht
D.N. O’Connor**
J.M.C. O’Connor
Finance
K. McGowan, Chairman
G.A. Culpepper
U-H. Felcht
M. Lee
W.I. O’Mahony
Nomination
K. McGowan, Chairman
W.P. Egan
N. Hartery
J.W. Kennedy
M. Lee
T.V. Neill
Remuneration
T.V. Neill, Chairman
W.P. Egan
N. Hartery
J.W. Kennedy
K. McGowan
Senior Independent
Director
N. Hartery
**Audit Committee
Financial Expert
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