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New board member for Eagle Materials

16 April 2020

US: Eagle Materials Inc. has announced that Mary Ricciardello has been appointed to the company’s Board of Directors. Ricciardello also serves as a director on the boards of Devon Energy and Noble Corporation, serving as the Audit Committee Chairperson on both boards. Her previous board service includes seven years on the board of US Concrete. Ricciardello enjoyed a distinguished career at Reliant Energy, where she served in key roles, including that of Chief Accounting Officer.

Mike Nicolais, Eagle’s Board chair, commented, “We are extremely pleased to have Mary join our Board. Mary is a proven leader and will be a great complement to the strong leaders on our board today. The addition of Mary to the board is also timely in that it provides additional flexibility in light of prospective Board needs as we plan for the separation of Eagle Materials into two publicly traded companies.”

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Eagle Materials to call Light Materials spin-off business American Gypsum Company

13 February 2020

US: Eagle Materials will call its Light Materials business the American Gypsum Company when it is spun-off in the summer of 2020. It has appointed Dave Powers, former Eagle Materials chief executive officer (CEO), will become the chairman of American Gypsum. Craig Kesler, current chief financial officer (CFO) of Eagle Materials, will become the president and CEO of American Gypsum.

The Light Materials business will continue as a producer of gypsum wallboard and recycled paperboard. It includes an integrated paperboard mill that supplies wallboard plants with facing paper as well as raw material reserves.

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Maud Thuaudet appointed Vice-President, Corporate Strategy of Saint-Gobain

17 July 2019

France: Saint-Gobain has appointed Maud Thuaudet as Vice-President, Corporate Strategy with effect from 3 September 2019. She succeeds Julie Bonamy, who is appointed chief executive officer (CEO) Indonesia, Malaysia and Singapore. Thuaudet will report to Sreedhar N, Saint-Gobain’s chief financial officer (CFO) and will be a member of the group’s executive committee.

Thuaudet is currently Telecommunications Program Director at Thales Alenia Space, within the Thales Group, where she started her career in 2006. She was Project Manager for Thales International in India, Bid manager, then Business Development Manager for Thales Air System, before being appointed Merger and Acquisitions Manager for Thales Alenia Space. She is a graduate of École Polytechnique and a member of the Corps des Ponts et Chaussées. She also holds an MBA from the INSEAD business school.

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Alberto De Luca appointed president of ATEDY

03 July 2019

Spain: Alberto De Luca, the chief executive officer (CEO) of Knauf Spain and Portugal, has been appointed as the president of the gypsum technical and business association (ATEDY). The association represents gypsum and plaster product manufacturers in Spain and Portugal.

De Luca has been the general director of Knauf Spain and Portugal for four years. The Italian national studied in Brussels, Belgium and joined Knauf Group in 2002. He held the postion of general director of Knauf Insulation for Spain, Portugal, Italy and North Africa for over eight years.

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Hyuk-Joon Kwon appointed as chief executive officer of USG Boral for South Korea

28 May 2019

South Korea: USG Boral has appointed Hyuk-Joon Kwon appointed as its chief executive officer (CEO) for its South Korean operations. Prior to his role at USG Boral, Kwon was President & Zone Operations Director of Otis Elevator Korea. He was also previously the General Counsel who advised on various aspects of the business, including corporate restructuring, investments and strategy for the company.

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Gypsum Association elects Albert R Zucco as chair of the board

09 May 2019

US: The Gypsum Association has elected Albert R Zucco as chair of its board of directors for 2019 – 2020. Zucco is the Vice President, Sustainable Supply Chain of USG. Other appointments include CertainTeed’s Gregory McCown as vice-chair, National Gypsum’s Craig Robertson as treasurer and the Gypsum Association's Stephen H Meima as the secretary. Georgia-Pacific’s John Congdon is the part chair of the board. All terms are for one year and are effective from 1 May 2019.

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GMS appoints Teri McClure to the board of directors

26 April 2019

US: Gypsum products distributor GMS has appointed Teri P McClure as an independent member of its board of directors. McClure is currently Chief Human Resources Officer and Senior Vice President, Labor at United Parcel Service (UPS). She is also a member of the Management Committee, which is responsible for setting strategy, profit and operating plans for UPS.

McClure joined UPS in 1995 and has served in various legal and operations positions, including Senior Vice President of Legal, Compliance and Public Affairs, General Counsel and Corporate Secretary from 2006 until assuming her current position in 2015. Prior to joining UPS, McClure practiced law with the Troutman Sanders law firm in Atlanta. She also serves on the Board of Directors for Lennar Corporation, Heart for Africa and The Task Force for Global Health.

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Philippe Jost appointed head of construction at Sika

29 March 2019

Switzerland: Sika has appointed Philippe Jost as its new head of Construction and a member of group management with effect from 1 June 2019. He will succeeds Yumi Kan who will become the Regional Target Market Manager Concrete Asia/Pacific and Area Manager South Asia.

Jost, aged 47 years, began his career at Sika in 1997. He held various management positions at the Swiss and US national subsidiaries, before joining the corporate organisation in 2007, where he assumed the role of Corporate Target Market Manager Concrete, among others. In 2014 Jost was appointed Corporate Head Human Resources. He is a qualified civil engineer from ETH Zurich and holds an MBA from the London Business School. He is a Luxembourg national and is married with two children.

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Michael Haack appointed as chief executive officer of Eagle Materials

05 March 2019

US: Michael Haack has been appointed as the chief executive officer (CEO) of Eagle Materials. He succeeds Dave Powers, who will retire on 1 July 2019. Powers will remain on the company’s board of directors.

Haack is currently Eagle Material’s president and chief operating officer (COO). He joined Eagle Materials as COO in 2014 from Halliburton Energy Services, where he worked for 17 years. He holds an MBA from Rice University in Texas, as well as Master and Bachelor degrees in Industrial Engineering from Texas A&M and Purdue University, respectively.

Powers has worked in the building materials industry for 40 years. He joined Eagle Materials, formerly known as Centex Construction Products, in 2002. In 2005 he was promoted to Executive Vice President for Gypsum. He became president and CEO of Eagle Materials in early 2016.

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Mario Loor appointed general manager of Eternit Peru

04 March 2019

Peru: Mario Loor has been appointed as the general manager of Eternit Peru. He will joins a team led by Cristián Montes, General Manager of Latin America, according to Business Empresarial newspaper. Loor has previously worked for Kimberly Clark Corporation and Chemical Industrial Switzerland.

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