Fontana said: "It has been a pleasure and honour to work with remarkable and passionate people throughout the past years at Holcim. I wish the new company LafargeHolcim and the entire team all the very best for the future."
Holcim and Lafarge had earlier announced the leadership of LafargeHolcim with Wolfgang Reitzle as statutory chairman of the board of directors and Eric Olsen as CEO. The mandate of the new board of directors and executive committee will be effective from the date of the completion of the merger.
The board of directors has thanked Bernard Fontana for his leadership and achievements for the Group, and in particular for the successful implementation of the ‘Holcim Leadership Journey’.
Holcim has also announced today that, with the successful public exchange offer and the expected closing of the merger with Lafarge, Andreas Leu and Bernard Terver will step down from the Holcim executive committee with completion of the merger.
Andreas Leu, currently responsible for the Americas, will leave the Group with effect from August 1, 2015.
Bernard Terver currently responsible for Africa Middle East as well as South Asia, will assume the position as Head of India for LafargeHolcim from the date of the closure of the merger. In this capacity he will continue his mandates on the boards of
