20th Dec 2006 15:00
CRH PLC20 December 2006 N E W S R E L E A S E 20 December 2006 CRH ANNOUNCES BOARD APPOINTMENT The Board of CRH plc is pleased to announce the co-option to the Board, witheffect from 1 January 2007, of Mr William P. Egan as a non-Executive Director. Mr Egan (61), who is a US citizen, is a founder and general partner of AltaCommunications, a venture capital company headquartered in Boston. He foundedAlta's predecessor firm, Burr, Egan, Deleage & Co in 1979 and backed several ofAmerica's leading growth companies in the information technology, life sciencesand communications industries. He is Past President and Chairman of theNational Venture Capital Association and is a trustee of the University ofPennsylvania and a member of the board of overseers of the Wharton School ofFinance at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr Egan is on the Boards of Directors of Cephalon Inc. (a NASDAQ quoted companyspecialising in biopharmaceuticals), and of the Irish venture capital companyDelta Partners Ltd. He also serves on the Boards of several privately heldcommunications, cable and information technology companies. He holds an MBAfrom the Wharton School of Finance, and a degree in Economics from FairfieldUniversity. Contact CRH at Dublin 404 1000 (+353 1 404 1000) Liam O'Mahony, Chief Executive Myles Lee, Finance Director CRH plc, Belgard Castle , Clondalkin, Dublin 22, Ireland TELEPHONE +353.1.4041000 FAX +353.1.4041007 E-MAIL [email protected] 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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