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CEMENT AMERICAS • Winter 2015 • www.cementamericas.com 2 CEMENTSCOPE At its annual meeting on Nov. 18, 2014, the Board of Directors of the Portland Cement Association (PCA) named James G. Toscas president and chief executive officer, effective Dec. 15, 2014. For the past 11 years, Toscas served as president and CEO of the Precast/Pre- stressed Concrete Institute, and from 1998 to 2002, he was executive vice president and CEO at the American Con- crete Institute (ACI). As a founder of the Concrete and Masonry-Related Associa- tions, Toscas improved the collaboration of all industry allies and provided a forum for the establishment of a strategic roadmap for the entire concrete industry. "Jim brings to PCA a wealth of skill and knowledge that will serve the association and membership well," said Cary Cohrs, PCA's immediate past Board of Directors chairman and chairman of the recruitment committee. "He understands the value of membership engagement and its vital role for the success of the association." "PCA is a leader in the cement and con- crete industry. It is an honor to safe- guard that reputation while establishing the paths to move it towards new chal- lenges and opportunities," said Toscas. Prior to joining ACI, Toscas was execu- tive director and CEO of the American Nuclear Society. He has a Bachelor of Arts degree in physics from the Univer- sity of Chicago, Illinois and a Masters of Science in nuclear engineering from the University of Illinois, Urbana. Toscas Selected as PCA President, CEO JAMES TOSCAS Holcim, Lafarge Select Future Executive Committee Holcim and Lafarge are taking another step toward completion of their merger, Lafarge Holcim, with the announcement of its future Executive Committee. The future CEO, Bruno Lafont, current chairman and CEO of Lafarge, will head up a project team of 10 experienced and seasoned managers who will lead the transition – with all the teams already en- gaged in the integration planning – until the completion of the merger. Once the merger is finalized, the members of this project team will be officially appointed members of the Executive Committee of the proposed combined company by the future Board which will be chaired by Wolfgang Reitzle, current chairman of Holcim's board of directors. Until then, the role of the project team will be limited to integration planning which will be implemented after closing. Commenting on the major progress made since the announcement of the merger project in April 2014, Reitzle and Lafont, said: "We are fully on track, and after a rigorous process, we have now identified the team that will lead the combined company into the future. We would like to use this opportunity to thank all our teams for their excellent work to build this new and exciting global company. As of now, the future Executive Committee will play a key role in the integration planning of our two groups." The future Executive Committee, as proj- ect team under the chairmanship of La- font, is composed of: • Finance: Thomas Aebischer, currently in same role at Holcim. • Integration, Organization and Human Resources: Jean-Jacques Gauthier, currently in charge of fi- nance at Lafarge. • Europe: Roland Köhler, currently in same role at Holcim. • Asia Pacific: Ian Thackwray, currently in charge of East Asia Pacific and trad- ing at Holcim. • Middle-East Africa: Eric Olsen, cur- rently in charge of operations at Lafarge. • North America: Alain Bourguignon, previously in charge of North America and UK at Holcim. • Latin America: Saad Sebbar, currently in charge of Morocco at Lafarge. • Performance and Cost: Urs Bleisch, currently in charge of corporate func- tions at Holcim. • Growth and Innovation: Gérard Ku- perfarb, currently in charge of innova- tion at Lafarge. In India both companies are well on track in preparing the merger of Holcim and La- farge, with the future structure for this

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