Holcim has appointed Alastair Meyers as managing director for its readymix division and as a member of its UK executive committee.
Meyers will oversee Holcim鈥檚 readymix and mortars business in the UK, which comprises more than 80 plants across the country.
He has joined Holcim UK from Tarmac, where he led the readymix business in Scotland and the north, after previously overseeing the company鈥檚 Mountsorrell Quarry, as well as a building products business. He has also previously worked for Liberty and Tata Steel and is a chartered engineer and fellow of the Institute of Quarrying.
Holcim UK chief executive Lee Sleight said: 鈥淲e鈥檙e really pleased to welcome Alastair to Holcim UK to head up our readymix business. He has great experience across the sector and has a proven track record of business transformation and delivering sustainable growth.鈥�
Alastair Meyers said: 鈥淚t鈥檚 great to have joined Holcim UK at an exciting time for the business and I am really looking forward to leading the readymix and mortars division. I am passionate about sustainability, innovation and what the company is doing in this space, especially from a readymix concrete perspective, and its ongoing work in producing low-carbon products is inspiring.
鈥淭o be joining a business that is so clearly driven to make sustainable construction a reality absolutely resonates with me.鈥�
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