- Lafarge Africa Plc (‘’the Company’’) notified The Nigerian Stock Exchange (‘’The NSE’’) that its Board met on Wednesday 15 July 2015 and appointed Mr. Peter Hoddinott as the new Group Managing Director/CEO.
- According to the Company, the former Group Managing Director/CEO, Mr. Guillaume Roux, will remain on the Board as a Director.
- Mr. Peter is a British Mining Engineer and spent his early career in the mines of Southern Africa before joining the cement industry, Blue Circle in 1988. Prior to this appointment he worked as a lecturer in Imperial College of Science and Technology, London University from 1983 to 1988.
- While at Blue Circle, he worked in the Technical Centre and also managed the UK cement plants before going to the Philippines as CEO in 1999.
- When Lafarge took over Blue Circle he stayed in Manila to integrate the two companies, leaving in 2003 to become regional president for Lafarge in Latin America.
- In 2007, he became regional president for Western Europe – Cement, including Morocco. In 2012, he became Executive Vice President – Energy & Strategic Sourcing responsible for worldwide energy strategy and sourcing of Lafarge’s $12B/y externally sourced inputs. In September 2013, Mr. Hoddinott was appointed Group Executive Vice President – Performance. He is currently President of Cembureau, the European Cement Trade Association.
