Glanbia's managing director Siobhan Talbot (54) is to join the board of Irish construction giant CRH in December.
Ms Talbot is group managing director of Dublin-listed Glanbia, a global nutrition company with operations in 32 countries. She has held the position since 2013.
Ms Talbot has been a member of the Glanbia board since 2009 and was previously finance director, a role that encompassed responsibility for Glanbia’s strategic planning.
Prior to joining Glanbia, she worked with PwC in Dublin and Sydney, and she is also a director of employers group Ibec.
She will be joined on the board as a new non-executive director by Mary Rhinehart (60) who is chairwoman, chief executive and president of Johns Manville Corporation. Manville is a Berkshire Hathaway company and global manufacturer of premium-quality building products and engineered specialty materials.
Until recently, Ms Rhinehart was a non-executive director of Ply Gem Holdings, an exterior building products company in north America, and is a non-executive director of CoBiz Financial.
The board of CRH is chaired by Nicky Hartery. And other non-executive directors include former Bank of Ireland chief executive Richie Boucher and Heather Ann McSharry, a former managing director Ireland of Reckitt Benckiser and Boots Healthcare.
