25th Jul 2007 14:30
CRH PLC25 July 2007 N E W S R E L E A S E 25 July 2007 CRH ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT The Board of CRH plc is pleased to announce the co-option to the Board today,25th July 2007, of Professor Utz-Hellmuth Felcht as a non-executive Director. Prof. Felcht (60), who is a German national, was until May of last year ChiefExecutive of Degussa GmbH, Germany's third largest chemical company, withoperations on all five continents and sales in 2006 of approximately €11billion. He started his career at Hoechst in 1977 and was a main Board Directorof that company from 1991 to 1998. Between 1998 and 2000 he was Chief Executiveof the chemical company SKW Trostberg AG which merged with Degussa-Huls in 2001to form Degussa. Prof. Felcht is on the Board of Ciba AG and is a partner in the private equitygroup One Equity Europe GmbH. He is a member of the Advisory Board of HapagLloyd and of the supervisory board of SGL Carbon AG. He holds a PhD fromKaiserslautern University and Honorary Professorships from Munich University andfrom Jilin University in China. Contact CRH at Dublin 404 1000 (+353 1 404 1000) Liam O'Mahony Chief ExecutiveMyles Lee Finance DirectorEimear O'Flynn Head of Investor RelationsMaeve Carton Group Controller CRH plc, Belgard Castle, Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland TELEPHONE +353.1.4041000 FAX +353.1.4041007 E-MAIL mail@crh.com WEBSITE www.crh.com Registered Office, 42 Fitzwilliam Square, Dublin 2, Ireland This information is provided by RNS The company news service from the London Stock ExchangeRelated Shares:
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