International building materials group CRH said on Monday that Senan Murphy will assume the role of group finance director from January 4th 2016.

Mr Murphy (46), will join CRH from Bank of Ireland where he is currently the chief operating officer and a member of the group's executive committee. He previously held positions as chief operating officer and finance director at Ulster Bank, chief financial officer at Airtricity and numerous senior financial roles in GE, both in Ireland and the United States.

He will replace Maeve Carton, who will become group transformation director as previously announced. Both will be members of the group board.

Albert Manifold, group chief executive, said that Mr Murphy's appointment : " strengthens and broadens the executive management team at an important time for the group as we continue to focus on business performance and value creation".