Myles Lee was appointed a CRH Board Director in November 2003. He 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. (Aged 58).

Maeve Carton was appointed Finance Director and became a CRH Board Director in May 2010. Since joining CRH in 1988, she has held a number of roles in the Group Finance area and was appointed Group Controller in 2001 and Head of Group Finance in January 2009. 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. (Aged 53).

Nicky Hartery became a non-executive Director in June 2004 and was appointed Chairman Designate in February 2012. He 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.  He is Chief Executive of Prodigium, a consulting company which provides business advisory services.  He is also a non-executive director of Musgrave Group plc, a privately owned international food retailer, and Eircom Limited, a company which provides telecommunications services in Ireland. (Aged 60).

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 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 Chairman of Cephalon Inc, and past President and Chairman of the National Venture Capital Association. (Aged 66).

John Kennedy became a non-executive Director in June 2009. He 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 director of Integra Group and is non-executive Chairman of Maxwell Drummond International Limited, Hydrasun Holdings Limited, Welltec A/S and BiFold Group Limited. He is also a past director of the UK Atomic Energy Authority. (Aged 61).

Heather Ann McSharry became a non-executive Director in February 2012. She is Chairman of the Board of Trustees of the Bank of Ireland Pension Fund and is a director of Ergonomics Solutions International, IDA Ireland and the Institute of Directors. She is a former Managing Director of Reckitt Benckiser and Boots Healthcare in Ireland and was previously a director of Bank of Ireland and Enterprise Ireland. (Aged 50)

Albert Manifold 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, Europe Materials. (Aged 49).

Mark Towe was appointed a CRH Board Director with effect from 31 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 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. (Aged 62).

Ernst Bärtschi became a non-executive Director in October 2011.  A Swiss national, he was until 31 December 2011 Chief Executive of Sika AG, a manufacturer of speciality chemicals for construction and general industry. 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. He is a member of the board of Bucher Industries AG, a mechanical and vehicle engineering company based in Switzerland. (Aged 59).

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, Chairman of the German rail company Deutsche Bahn AG, and a member of the Supervisory Board of Jungbunzlauer Holding AG. He was until May 2011 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie Aktiengesellschaft. (Aged 64).

Jan Maarten de Jong became a non-executive Director in January 2004. A Dutch national, he 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 continued to be a Special Advisor to the board of that company until April 2006. He is also a director of a number of European banking, insurance and industrial holding companies, including AON Groep Nederland B.V. and KBC Bank N.V. (Aged 66).

Dan O’Connor became a non-executive Director in June 2006. He is a former President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance - Europe and a former Senior Vice-President of GE. He was until October 2010 Executive Chairman of Allied Irish Banks, p.l.c. (Aged 52).