New managing director for Holcim Readymix

Alastair Meyers appointed to lead company’s ready-mixed concrete and mortars business in the UK

HOLCIM UK have appointed Alastair Meyers as the new managing director of their Readymix division and as a member of the company’s UK Executive Committee.

With more than 15 years’ experience working across the building materials sector, as well as in the steel industry, Mr Meyers will oversee the company’s ready-mixed concrete and mortars business, which comprises more than 80 plants across the country, including a leading footprint in London.

He joins Holcim UK from Tarmac, where he led the ready-mixed concrete business in Scotland and the North, after previously overseeing the company’s Mountsorrel 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, chief executive officer of 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.’

Commenting on his appointment, Mr Meyers said: ‘It’s great to have joined Holcim UK at an exciting time for the business and I am really looking forward to leading the ready-mixed concrete and mortars division.

‘I am passionate about sustainability, innovation, and what the company is doing in this space, especially from a ready-mixed 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.’