HOLCIM has announced the appointment of Alastair Meyers as new MD to lead its readymix concrete business in the UK.
He will oversee the company’s readymix and mortars business, which comprises more than 80 plants across the country.
Alastair has more than 15 years of experience working across the building materials sector, as well as in the steel industry.
He joined Holcim UK from Tarmac, where he led the readymix business in Scotland and the north, after previously overseeing the company’s Mountsorrell Quarry, as well as a building products business. He has also previously worked for Liberty and Tata Steel and is a chartered engineer and Fellow of the Institute of Quarrying.
Lee Sleight, CEO at Holcim UK, said, “We’re really pleased to welcome Alastair to Holcim UK to head up our readymix business. He has great experience across the sector and has a proven track record of business transformation and delivering sustainable growth.”
Alastair Meyers added, “It’s great to have joined Holcim UK at an exciting time for the business and I am really looking forward to leading the readymix and mortars division. I am passionate about sustainability, innovation and what the company is doing in this space, especially from a readymix concrete perspective, and its ongoing work in producing low-carbon products is inspiring. To be joining a business that is so clearly driven to make sustainable construction a reality absolutely resonates with me.”
