Building materials giant CRH has appointed Alan Connolly as its interim chief financial officer from January 1, 2025.
As announced in September, CRH's current CFO Jim Mintern, will assume the role of chief executive from January 1, 2025 as CEO Albert Manifold leaves the company.
CRH said that a "robust and comprehensive process", supported by an independent recruitment consultant, considering both internal and external candidates, is ongoing to identify Mr Mintern's permanent successor as chief financial officer.
Alan Connolly, a Chartered Accountant, has over three decades of finance experience working at CRH and has held several senior finance roles across its European and Americas businesses.
He most recently served as the Director of Strategic Finance and previously served as Finance and Performance Director of Europe Materials, CFO of Global Building Products and Director of Group Finance. Before working at CRH, Mr Connolly was an auditor at KPMG.
Jim Mintern, CRH's incoming CEO, said that Mr Connolly brings extensive and relevant expertise to the interim CFO role and is deeply familiar with CRH’s business and financials.
"As our Director of Strategic Finance, Alan and I have worked closely together on key finance initiatives, and I look forward to continuing to partner with him to execute on our strategy and drive value for our shareholders," he added.
