Board of Directors  Executive Directors M. Lee Chief Executive Appointed to the Board: November 2003 Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee Finance Committee Age:  59 External appointments: Non-executive director of IBEC Limited, a business and employers organisation. A. Manifold  Chief Operating Officer Appointed to the Board: January 2009  Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee Age:  50 M. Carton  Finance Director Appointed to the Board: May 2010 Age:  54 Committee membership: Acquisitions Committee Finance Committee External appointments: Director of The British Irish  Chamber of Commerce,  a business and employers organisation. M. Towe Chief Executive Officer Oldcastle, Inc. Appointed to the Board: July 2008 Age:  63 Committee membership: Not applicable Biographies of the Executive  Directors are shown on page 11 Committee membership:  Audit Committee ( Financial expert ) Skills and experience:  Ernst was Chief Executive of Sika AG, a  manufacturer of speciality chemicals for construction and general  industry, until 31 December 2011. Prior to joining Sika, he worked  for the Schindler Group and was Chief Finance Officer between  1997 and 2001. Over the course of his career he has gained  extensive experience in India, China and the Far East generally.  Qualifications: LIC.OEC.HSG External appointments:  Member of the board of Bucher  Industries AG, a mechanical and vehicle engineering company  based in Switzerland and a member of the advisory board of  China Renaissance Capital Investment Inc., a private equity  investment company in Hong Kong, China.  Committee membership:  Nomination and Corporate Governance  Committee; Remuneration Committee Skills and experience:  Bill is founder and General Partner  of Alta Communications and Marion Equity Partners LLC,  Massachusetts-based venture capital firms. He is past  Chairman of Cephalon Inc, and past President and Chairman  of the National Venture Capital Association. Qualifications: BA, MBA. External appointments:  Director of the Irish venture capital  company Delta Partners Limited and also serves on the boards  of several communications, cable and information technology  companies.  Committee membership:  Acquisitions Committee; Finance  Committee; Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Remuneration Committee Skills and experience:  Nicky was Vice President of  Manufacturing and Business Operations for Dell Inc.’s Europe,  Middle East and Africa (EMEA) operations from 2000 to 2008. Prior  to joining Dell, he was Executive Vice President at Eastman Kodak  and previously held the position of President and Chief Executive  Officer at Verbatim Corporation, based in the United States. Qualifications: C.Eng, FIEI, MBA. External appointments:  Chief Executive of Prodigium, a  consulting company which provides business advisory services;  non-executive director of Musgrave Group plc, a privately  owned international food retailer, and of Eircom Limited, a  telecommunications services provider in Ireland.  Committee membership:  Acquisitions Committee; Finance  Committee  Skills and experience:  Utz-Hellmuth was, until May  2011, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Süd-Chemie  Aktiengesellschaft. He was also Chief Executive of Degussa AG,  Germany’s third largest chemical company, until May 2006. External appointments:  Partner in the private equity group  One Equity Partners Europe GmbH; Chairman of the Supervisory  board of German rail company Deutsche Bahn AG; director of  Jungbunzlauer Holding AG. 36 CRH William (Bill) Egan Non-executive Director Appointed to the Board: January 2007 Nationality: United States Age: 67 Nicky Hartery  Chairman Appointed to the Board: June 2004 Nationality: Irish Age: 61 Ernst Bärtschi Non-executive Director Appointed to the Board: October 2011 Nationality: Swiss Age: 60 Utz-Hellmuth Felcht  Non-executive Director Appointed to the Board: July 2007 Nationality: German Age: 65