CRH announce interim chief financial officer
Alan Connolly appointed to interim role as search goes on for permanent successor to Jim Mintern
CRH plc have appointed Alan Connolly as interim chief financial officer, effective 1 January 2025.
As announced on 24 September 2024, Jim Mintern, CRH’s current chief financial officer (CFO), will assume the role of chief executive officer (CEO), effective 1 January 2025. 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 CFO.
Mr Connolly, a chartered accountant, has more than three decades of finance experience working at CRH and has held several senior finance roles across the company’s European and Americas businesses. He most recently served as 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. Prior to CRH, Mr Connolly was an auditor at KPMG.
Announcing the appointment, incoming CEO Jim Mintern said: ‘Alan 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. We are grateful that he is stepping into this interim role while we conduct a search to identify a permanent chief financial officer.’
