Effective late last month, CRH Americas Materials Division Chief Executive Doug Black was appointed to a newly created position for Atlanta-based Oldcastle Inc., president and chief operating officer, reporting to CEO Mark Towe. Black joined Oldcastle in 1995 and has held a series of executive positions in the Oldcastle Precast, Architectural Products (APG) and Materials operations.
Succeeding him at Americas Materials is Randy Lake, who joined Oldcastle in 1996 and most recently served as chief executive officer of Americas Building Solutions, which focuses on strategic and national accounts.
CRH has also announced the appointment of Keith Haas as chief executive officer of an expanded Americas Building Products Group, now consisting of the APG, Precast and Building Envelope businesses.