Taken during a visit to the APG  Research and Development facility  in Montreal, Canada. Committee membership:  Audit Committee ( Financial expert) Skills and experience:  Jan Maarten is a member of the  Supervisory Board of Heineken N.V. He is a former member of  the Managing Board of ABN Amro Bank N.V. and following his  retirement he continued to be a Special Advisor to the board of  that company until April 2006. External appointments:  Director of a number of European  banking, insurance and industrial holding companies, including  AON Groep Nederland B.V. and Nutreco N.V.  Committee membership:  Audit Committee Skills and experience:  Heather Ann is a former Managing  Director Ireland of Reckitt Benckiser and Boots Healthcare and  was previously a non-executive director of Bank of Ireland plc.  Qualifications: BComm, MBS. External appointments:  Non-executive director of Greencore  Group plc; Chairman of the Bank of Ireland Pension Fund  Trustees Board; director of Ergonomics Solutions International,  IDA Ireland and the Institute of Directors.  Committee membership:  Nomination and Corporate Governance  Committee; Remuneration Committee Skills and experience:  John is past Chairman of Wellstream  Holdings plc. In a 40 year career, he has served as Executive  Vice President of Halliburton Company, President of Dresser  Enterprises and Chief Operations Officer of Brown and Root  Services. He is a past director of the UK Atomic Energy Authority  and Integra Group. Qualifications: M.Sc, BE, C.Eng, FIEE. External appointments:  Non-executive Chairman of Lamprell  plc, Maxwell Drummond International Limited, Hydrasun Holdings  Limited, Welltec A/S and BiFold Group Limited. Committee membership:  Acquisitions Committee; Finance  Committee; Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Remuneration Committee Skills and experience:  Dan is a former President and Chief  Executive Officer of GE Consumer Finance - Europe and a former  Senior Vice-President of GE. He was Executive Chairman of  Allied Irish Banks, plc until October 2010. Qualifications: BComm, FCA. * Dan O’Connor is Senior Independent Director Jan Maarten de Jong Non-executive Director  Appointed to the Board: January 2004 Nationality: Dutch Age: 67 Heather Ann McSharry Non-executive Director Appointed to the Board: February 2012 Nationality: Irish Age: 51 Board Committees Length of service  on Committee Acquisitions N. Hartery,  0.5 years Chairman M. Carton  2.5 years U-H. Felcht  1 year M. Lee  9 years A. Manifold  4 years D. O’Connor  6.5 years Audit J.M. de Jong,  9 years Chairman * E. Bärtschi*  1 year H.A. McSharry  1 year Finance N. Hartery,  0.5 years Chairman M. Carton  2.5 years U-H. Felcht  5.5 years M. Lee  9 years D. O’Connor  0.5 years Nomination and Corporate  Governance N. Hartery,  8.5 years Chairman W. Egan  5.5 years J. Kennedy  3.5 years D. O’Connor  0.5 years Remuneration D. O’Connor, 0.5 years Chairman W. Egan  5.5 years N. Hartery  8.5 years J. Kennedy  3.5 years  Senior Independent Director D. O’Connor *  Audit Committee Financial Expert John Kennedy  Non-executive Director  Appointed to the Board: June 2009 Nationality: Irish Age: 62 Dan O’Connor  Non-executive Director* Appointed to the Board: June 2006 Nationality: Irish Age: 53 Left to right: Bill Egan, Mark Towe, Maeve Carton, Albert Manifold  Dan O’Connor, John Kennedy,  Nicky Hartery, Jan Maarten de Jong,  Utz-Hellmuth Felcht, Ernst Bärtschi,  Myles Lee, Heather Ann McSharry. CRH 37