Board of Directors

Joyce O’Connor became a nonexecutive Director in June 2004. She is the founder President and President Emeritus of the National College of Ireland. She currently chairs the Dublin Inner City Partnership. She is a Board member of the Government Task Force on Active Citizenship and an Eisenhower Fellow. She is former chair of the Digital Hub Development Agency, the Expert Group on Mental Health Policy, the National Career Guidance Forum and the Further Education and Training Awards Council (FETAC). (Aged 62).

Jan Maarten de Jong became a non-executive Director in January 2004. A Dutch national, 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 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 64).

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 and a director of United Business Media Limited. 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 64).

Glenn Culpepper was appointed Finance Director and became a CRH Board Director in January 2009. A United States citizen, he joined CRH in 1989. From 1995 to 2008 he served as Chief Financial Officer of Oldcastle Materials. Prior to that he held a variety of operational, development and financial roles in the Group’s United States operations. He started his career with a leading international accountancy practice. (Aged 53).

Kieran McGowan became Chairman of CRH in 2007 having been a non-executive Director since 1998. He is a director of Elan Corporation plc and Charles Schwab Worldwide Funds plc. He was Chief Executive of IDA Ireland (Ireland’s inward investment promotion agency) from 1990 to 1998 and has served as President of the Irish Management Institute and as Chairman of the Governing Authority of University College Dublin. (Aged 66).

John Kennedy became a nonexecutive Director in June 2009. He is Chairman of Wellstream Holdings plc, a company in the energy services field. In a 30 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 the UK Atomic Energy Authority, Integra Group and is non-executive Chairman of Maxwell Drummond International Limited, Hydrasun Holdings Limited, Welltec A/S and BiFold Fluid Power Limited. (Aged 59).

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 28 years’ experience of the building materials industry and of CRH’s international expansion. He was appointed Group Chief Executive with effect from 1st January 2009. (Aged 56).

Nicky Hartery became a nonexecutive Director in June 2004. He was, until October 2008, 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. He is a director of Musgrave Group plc and the Target Account Selling Group Limited and a former director of Eircom Limited. (Aged 58).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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).

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 Executive Chairman of Allied Irish Banks plc. (Aged 50).