CRH announces appointment of Chairman Designate
and the appointment of a non-executive Director
CRH plc announced that Richard Boucher was appointed as Chairman Designate on 25.09.2019. He will succeed the present Chairman, Nicky Hartery, on 01.01.2020. Mr. Hartery, who has been Chairman since May 2012 and a Board member since 2004, will retire as Chairman and from the Board on 31.12.2019. Richard Boucher (61) joined the CRH Board in March 2018 and has been Chairman of CRH’s Remuneration Committee since September 2018. He was Chief Executive of the Bank of Ireland Group plc between February 2009 and October 2017. He also held a number of key senior management roles within Bank of Ireland, Royal Bank of Scotland and Ulster Bank. He is a non-executive Director of Kennedy Wilson Holdings, Inc. and Eurobank Ergasias SA.
The Board has also appointed Johan Karlström as a non-executive Director, with effect from 25.09.2019. Mr. Karlström (62) was President and Chief Executive Officer of Skanska AB, a leading multinational construction and project development company until 2017. Over a thirty-year career with Skanska, he held a variety of leadership roles in Europe and America, before becoming President and Chief Executive in 2008. He also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of BPA (now Bravida), a listed mechanical and installation group from 1996 to 2000. Mr. Karlström is a non-executive Director of Sandvik AB.
