CELEBRATING the story of successful sustainability, Lafarge is bringing all three UK divisions together at this year’s EcoBuild.
In a groundbreaking collaboration the Managing Directors from the three business units at Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete will join their counterparts from Lafarge Cement and Lafarge Plasterboard to highlight how their vision focuses on keeping sustainability at the forefront of the business’ operations.
Felicity Jelly, Marketing Manager, Lafarge Readymix, part of Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK, said:
“This will be a pioneering event for Lafarge in the UK. We will showcase how nature plays an essential role in our business, how it inspires us, motivates us and drives our commitment to supporting sustainable construction.”
The Managing Directors, together with other Lafarge experts, will be engaging openly with Lafarge’s partners, stakeholders and the whole EcoBuild community throughout the course of the 2011 show.
A key theme for the show will be how Lafarge products and the commitment of its employees are making a real contribution to reducing the environmental impact of its operations. Lafarge will also unveil a uniquely designed sculpture to illustrate how it brings materials to life for a more sustainable future.
* Find out more about how Lafarge is Sustain-Able™ at Stand N1040 at ExCel London, from 1 -3 March 2011. Look out for weekly updates and videos on Lafarge’s exciting presence at EcoBuild 2011 at www.lafarge.co.uk and on Facebook at www.facebook.com/LafargeUK
Lafarge UK comprises the three divisions of Lafarge Cement, Lafarge Plasterboard and Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK.
- Managing Director of Lafarge Cement is Dr Erdogan Pekenc. Turkish born and educated Erdogan took over as Managing Director Lafarge Cement UK in 2007 after spending much of his Lafarge career in Turkey where he became President and CEO of both Cement and Aggregates. Before coming to the UK he was country manager for Lafarge Cement Philippines where he moved the company from a break-even position to a €45 million profit. He gained a degree in Engineering at the Istanbul Technical University in 1972 and a PhD in Mineral Science and Engineering from Sheffield University in 1976. Since joining Lafarge Cement UK he has overseen some important changes including the completion of Portland House, the division’s new HQ and moved forward plans for a new £200 million, state-of-the-art cement works in Medway, Kent, to their final preparation stages.
- Managing Director of Lafarge Plasterboard is Jean-Michel Desmoutier. Jean-Michel joined Lafarge in 1995 in the marketing team of Lafarge Plâtres in France before becoming Strategy and Marketing Director of Lafarge Plasterboard Ltd UK and Ireland in 1998. He then moved to roles as Business Unit Manager in Brazil and Poland and as Senior Vice President Strategy, Gypsum Resources and Latin America for the Gypsum Division before moving back to the UK.
- Lafarge Aggregates & Concrete UK has three business units, Aggregates, Readymix and Asphalt and Contracting.
- Managing Director Aggregates is Emmanuel Rigaux who has been with Lafarge since 1999 following a short stint in management consulting. He was with Group audit for three years before moving to the US with his family in 2002, first as a Director of Land, based in Denver, then as an Area General Manager based in Kansas City. Prior to taking the role in the UK in September last year, Emmanuel was Head of Development for AC France and also held responsibility for various functions including Public Affairs and Environment, Communication and Mineral Resources.
- Managing Director Readymix is Jeremy Greenwood. Jeremy joined Lafarge in 1988 as a graduate trainee after studying Geology at Hull University. Following his graduate training programme, Jeremy gained experience in many roles across the business, including quarry management, commercial management and general management in the North East of England. He then became Vice President Readymix at Group HQ, Paris, before returning to the UK three years later as National Readymix Director. He has been Managing Director Readymix since 2007.
- Managing Director Asphalt and Contracting is Shaun Davidson. Having been involved largely in the asphalt and pave sector, working for independent and major construction companies, Shaun joined Lafarge in January 2001 when the company acquired its first asphalt plants in Yorkshire and Derbyshire. Shaun, a Chartered Member of the Institute of Marketing, gained an MBA from Sheffield Hallam University in 1996 and a Chartered Institute Diploma in Marketing in 1995. He has worked within asphalt, aggregates and readymix concrete and most recently was Vice President General Manager Concrete, for central Europe, working across Poland, Romania, Austria and Germany and helping develop businesses in Serbia, Slovenia and the Ukraine. Shaun took up his latest UK role in September.
