K. McGowan
Chairman

Kieran McGowan became Chairman of CRH in 2007 having been a non-executive Director since 1998. He retired as Chief Executive of IDA Ireland in December 1998. He is a director of a number of companies including Elan Corporation plc, Enterprise Ireland, Irish Life & Permanent plc and United Drug plc. He is also Chairman of the Governing Authority of University College Dublin. (Aged 64).

W.I. O'Mahony BE, BL, MBA, FIEI
Chief Executive

Liam O’Mahony joined CRH in 1971. He has held senior management positions including Chief Operating Officer of the United States operations and Managing Director, Republic of Ireland and UK Group companies. He joined the CRH Board in 1992, was appointed Chief Executive, Oldcastle, Inc. in November 1994 and became Group Chief Executive in January 2000. He is a director of Smurfit Kappa Group plc, and a member of The Irish Management Institute Council and of the Harvard Business School European Advisory Board. (Aged 61).

M. Lee BE, FCA
Finance Director

Myles Lee joined CRH in 1982. Prior to this he worked in a professional accountancy practice and in the oil industry. He was appointed General Manager Finance in 1988 and became Finance Director in November 2003. (Aged 54).

N. Hartery CEng, FIEI, MBA
Non-executive director

Nicky Hartery became a non-executive Director in June 2004. He is Vice President of Manufacturing, Business Operations and Customer Experience for Dell Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Prior to joining Dell, he was Executive Vice President at Eastman Kodak and previously held the position of President and CEO at Verbatim Corporation, based in the United States. (Aged 56).

J.M. de Jong
Non-executive director

Jan Maarten de Jong, a Dutch national, became a non-executive Director in January 2004. He is Vice Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. He is a former member of the Managing Board of ABN Amro Bank N.V. and continued to be a Special Advisor to the board of that company until April 2006. He also holds a number of other directorships of European companies including AON Groep Nederland B.V. (Aged 62).

T.V. Neill MA, MSc
Non-executive director

Terry Neill became a non-executive Director in January 2004. He was, until August 2001, Senior Partner in Accenture and had been Chairman of Accenture/Andersen Consulting’s global board. He is a member of the Court of Bank of Ireland. He is also a member of the Governing Body of the London Business School, where he is Chair of the Finance Committee, and of the Trinity Foundation Board. (Aged 62).

W.P. Roef
Non-executive Director

Wil Roef became a non-executive Director in 1995. A Dutch national, he is a former Chief Executive Officer of Desseaux nv and a former member of the management board of DLW ag in Germany. He has served on the Supervisory Board of CRH Nederland bv since 1990. (Aged 67).

J.M.C. O'Connor B.Soc.Sc.,
Non-executive director

Joyce O’Connor became a non-executive Director in June 2004. She is President Emeritus of the National College of Ireland. She currently chairs the Digital Hub Development Agency, the National Guidance Forum and the Dublin Inner City Partnership. She is a non-executive director of the Hugh Lane Gallery and Caring for Carers Association. She is a board member of the National Centre for Partnership and Performance, a Council Member of the Dublin Chamber of Commerce and an Eisenhower Fellow. (Aged 60).

D.N. O’Connor BComm, FCA
Non-executive director

Dan O’Connor became a non-executive 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 a director of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (Aged 48).

W.P. Egan
Non-executive director

Bill Egan became a non-executive Director in January 2007. He is founder and general partner of Alta Communications, a venture capital company headquartered in Boston. He is Past President and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association and is a trustee of the University of Pennsylvania and a member of the board of overseers of the Wharton School of Finance at the University of Pennsylvania. He is a director of Cephalon, Inc., the Irish venture capital company Delta Partners Limited and also serves on the boards of several privately held communications, cable and information technology companies. (Aged 62).

U-H. Felcht
Non-executive director

Professor Utz-Hellmuth Felcht was appointed a non-executive Director on 25th July 2007. A German national, Prof. Felcht was, until May of 2006, Chief Executive of Degussa GmbH, Germany’s third largest chemical company.  He is on the Board of CIBA AG and is a partner in the private equity group One Equity Europe GmbH.  He is a member of the Advisory Board of Hapag Lloyd and of the supervisory board of SGL Carbon AG. He holds a PhD from Kaiserslautern University and Honorary Professorships from Munich University and from Jilin University in China. (Aged 60).

M.S. Towe
Chief Executive Officer
Oldcastle, Inc.

Mark Towe joined CRH in 1997. He was appointed President of Oldcastle Materials, Inc. in 2000 and became its Chief Executive Officer in 2006. He was appointed to his current position with effect from July 2008. A United States citizen, he is responsible for the Group’s aggregates, asphalt and readymixed concrete operations in the United States and its products and distribution businesses in the Americas. He was appointed a CRH Board Director with effect from 31st July 2008. (Aged 58).