Appointed to the Board: November 2003

Nationality: Irish

Age: 59

Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee, Finance Committee

External appointments: Non-executive director of IBEC Limited, a business and employers organisation.

Skills and experience: Myles 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 to the position of Finance Director in November 2003. A civil engineer and chartered accountant, he has 30 years’ experience of the building materials industry and of CRH’s international expansion. He was appointed Group Chief Executive with effect from 1 January 2009.
Qualifications: BE, FCA.

Appointed to the Board: May 2010

Nationality: Irish

Age: 54

Committee membership:Acquisitions Committee, Finance Committee

External Appointments: Director of The British Irish Chamber of Commerce, a business and employers organisation.

Skills and experience: Since joining CRH in 1988, Maeve has held a number of roles in the Group Finance area and was appointed Group Controller in 2001, Head of Group Finance in January 2009 and to the position of Finance Director in May 2010. She has broad-ranging experience of CRH’s reporting, control, budgetary and capital expenditure processes and has been extensively involved in CRH’s evaluation of acquisitions. Prior to joining CRH, she worked for a number of years as a chartered accountant in an international accountancy practice.
Qualifications: MA, FCA.

Appointed to the Board: June 2004

Nationality: Irish

Age: 61

Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee; Finance Committee; Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee;
Remuneration Committee

Skills and experience: Nicky was Vice President of Manufacturing and Business Operations for Dell Inc.’s Europe, Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations from 2000 to 2008. Prior to joining Dell, he was Executive Vice President at Eastman Kodak and previously held the position of President and Chief Executive Officer at Verbatim Corporation, based in the United States.
Qualifications: C.Eng, FIEI, MBA.

External appointments: Chief Executive of Prodigium, a consulting company which provides business advisory services; non-executive director of Musgrave Group plc, a privately owned international food retailer, and of Eircom Limited, a telecommunications services provider in Ireland.

Appointed to the Board: January 2007

Nationality: United States

Age: 67

Committee membership: Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Remuneration Committee

Skills and experience: Bill is founder and General Partner of Alta Communications and Marion Equity Partners LLC, Massachusetts-based venture capital firms. He is past
Chairman of Cephalon Inc, and past President and Chairman
of the National Venture Capital Association.
Qualifications: BA, MBA.

External appointments: Director of the Irish venture capital company Delta Partners Limited and also serves on the boards of several communications, cable and information technology companies.

Appointed to the Board: June 2009

Nationality: Irish

Age: 62

Committee membership: Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Remuneration Committee

Skills and experience: John is past Chairman of Wellstream Holdings plc. In a 40 year career, he has served as Executive Vice President of Halliburton Company, President of Dresser Enterprises and Chief Operations Officer of Brown and Root Services. He is a past director of the UK Atomic Energy Authority and Integra Group.
Qualifications: M.Sc, BE, C.Eng, FIEE.

External appointments: Non-executive Chairman of Lamprell plc, Maxwell Drummond International Limited, Hydrasun Holdings Limited, Welltec A/S and BiFold Group Limited.

Appointed to the Board: February 2012

Nationality: Irish

Age: 51

Committee membership: Audit Committee

Skills and experience: Heather Ann is a former Managing Director Ireland of Reckitt Benckiser and Boots Healthcare and was previously a non-executive director of Bank of Ireland plc.
Qualifications: BComm, MBS.

External appointments: Non-executive director of Greencore Group plc; Chairman of the Bank of Ireland Pension Fund Trustees Board; director of Ergonomics Solutions International, IDA Ireland and the Institute of Directors.

Appointed to the Board: January 2009

Nationality: Irish

Age: 50

Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee

Skills and experience: Albert was appointed Chief Operating Officer of CRH and to the CRH Board with effect from 1 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 of Europe Materials.
Qualifications: FCPA, MBA, MBS

Appointed to the Board: July 2008

Nationality: United States

Age: 63

Skills and experience: Mark joined CRH in 1997 and was appointed a CRH Board Director with effect from July 2008. 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. (the holding company for CRH’s operations in the Americas) in July 2008. With approximately 40 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.

Appointed to the Board: October 2011

Nationality: Swiss

Age: 60

Committee membership: Audit Committee (Financial expert)

Skills and experience: Ernst was Chief Executive of Sika AG, a manufacturer of speciality chemicals for construction and general industry, until 31 December 2011. Prior to joining Sika, he worked for the Schindler Group and was Chief Finance Officer between 1997 and 2001. Over the course of his career he has gained extensive experience in India, China and the Far East generally.
Qualifications: LIC.OEC.HSG

External appointments: Member of the board of Bucher Industries AG, a mechanical and vehicle engineering company based in Switzerland and a member of the advisory board of China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc., a private equity investment company in Hong Kong, China.

Appointed to the Board: July 2007

Nationality: German

Age: 65

Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee; Finance Committee

Skills and experience: Utz-Hellmuth was, until May 2011, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft. He was also Chief Executive of Degussa AG, Germany’s third largest chemical company, until May 2006.

External appointments: Partner in the private equity group One Equity Partners Europe GmbH; Chairman of the Supervisory board of German rail company Deutsche Bahn AG; director of Jungbunzlauer Holding AG.

Appointed to the Board: January 2004

Nationality: Dutch

Age: 67

Committee membership: Audit Committee (Financial expert)

Skills and experience: Jan Maarten is a member of the Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. He is a former member of the Managing Board of ABN Amro Bank N.V. and following his retirement he continued to be a Special Advisor to the board of that company until April 2006.

External appointments: Director of a number of European banking, insurance and industrial holding companies, including AON Groep Nederland B.V. and Nutreco N.V.

Appointed to the Board: June 2006

Nationality: Irish

Age: 53

Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee; Finance
Committee; Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee;
Remuneration Committee

Skills and experience: Dan is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance - Europe and a former Senior Vice-President of GE. He was Executive Chairman of Allied Irish Banks, plc until October 2010.
Qualifications: BComm, FCA.

Dan O’Connor is Senior Independent Director