Belgium: During its General Assembly held in Brussels, Belgium on 21 May 2014, Eurogypsum elected the president of Saint-Gobain Gypsum Claude-Alain Tardy as president of Eurogypsum for the period of 2014 - 2016. Tardy succeeds Dott Maurizio Casalini, managing director of Knauf Italy, on the expiry of his statutory term of office.
Tardy is a civil engineer graduate of the École Centrale de Paris. He also has an MS in Industrial Engineering & Engineering Management from the University of Stanford, US. Tardy joined Saint-Gobain in 1981 and between 2005 and 2009 he was chief operating officer of Saint-Gobain Insulation, before being appointed as president of Saint-Gobain Gypsum in 2009.
"I am convinced that wallboard and plaster solutions will play a growing role in the future," said Tardy. "The unique attributes of our products; recyclability, ease of installation, fire resistance, acoustics and thermal properties make our systems inescapable for the construction and renovation of buildings. During my presidency I will concentrate my efforts on the promotion of gypsum industry solutions as the best option to create safe and comfortable interior spaces."
