Lafarge S.A.
Lafarge S.A.: JEAN DESAZARS APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT
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JEAN DESAZARS APPOINTED EXECUTIVE VICE PRESIDENT,
STRATEGY AND DEVELOPMENT
Jean Desazars has been appointed Executive Vice President responsible for
Strategy and Development and will report to the Chief Executive Officer of the
Group.
Jean Desazars will be responsible for permanent reviews of the Group’s
strategy as a whole, its business portfolio and its main axes for growth, in
the light of general market trends and the major global challenges facing the
business sectors in which Lafarge operates.
Jean Desazars will also head up the Group’s M&A teams and be responsible for
formalising merger and acquisition procedures, as well as conducting certain
negotiations himself.
Jean Desazars began his career as a diplomat, specialising in multilateral
arms control negotiations. He joined Lafarge in 1989 and has played a key role
in the Group’s expansion in Asia, including the recent joint venture with
Shui On, which resulted in the creation of the largest cement manufacturer in
South West China, and one of the three top players in all of China.
Lafarge, the world leader in building materials, holds top-ranking positions
in all four of its divisions: Cement, Aggregates & Concrete, Roofing and
Gypsum. Lafarge employs 77,000 people in 75 countries and posted sales of
EUR14.4 billion in 2004. Additional information is available on the web site
at http://www.lafarge.com .
For release worldwide with simultaneous release in the United States.
COMMUNICATIONS: INVESTOR RELATIONS:
Stéphanie Tessier: 33-1 44-34-92-32 Yvon Brind’Amour: 33-1 44-34-92-93
stephanie.tessier@lafarge.com yvon.brindamour@lafarge.com
Amanda Jones: 33-1 44-34-58-30 Danièle Daouphars: 33-1 44-34-92-93
amanda.jones@lafarge.com daniele.daouphars@lafarge.com
Statements made in this press release that are not historical facts are
forward-looking statements made pursuant to the safe harbor provisions of the
Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are not
guarantees of future performance and involve risks, uncertainties and
assumptions (“Factors”), which are difficult to predict. Some of the Factors
that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed in
the forward-looking statements include, but are not limited to: the cyclical
nature of the Company’s business; national and regional economic conditions in
the countries in which the Group does business; currency fluctuations;
seasonal nature of the Company’s operations; levels of construction spending
in major markets; supply/demand structure of the industry; competition from
new or existing competitors; unfavorable weather conditions during peak
construction periods; changes in and implementation of environmental and other
governmental regulations; our ability to successfully identify, complete and
efficiently integrate acquisitions; our ability to successfully penetrate new
markets; and other Factors disclosed in the Company’s public filings with the
French Autorité des Marchés Financiers and the US Securities and Exchange
Commission including its Reference Document and annual report on Form 20-F. In
general, the Company is subject to the risks and uncertainties of the
construction industry and of doing business throughout the world. The forward-
looking statements are made as of this date and the Company undertakes no
obligation to update them, whether as a result of new information, future
events or otherwise.
Biography of Jean Desazars
Born in 1952, a former student of the Ecole Nationale d’Administration, Jean
Desazars de Montgailhard holds a bachelor’s degree and a post-graduate diploma
in economics and a diploma from the Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris.
He began his career as a diplomat, specialising in multilateral arms control
negotiations and strategic affairs. Having worked in Madrid and Washington,
Jean Desazars left the French foreign office in 1989, where he was deputy
director of disarmament, to join the Lafarge group.
His first role was as Vice President Strategy and Development with Lafarge
Ciments in France. He then worked in the same capacity for Lafarge Asland in
Spain, before becoming Vice President Marketing and Sales for the subsidiary
in 1992.
In 1996, Jean Desazars became Executive Vice President of the Asia region and
moved to Singapore to head up the expansion of the Group’s Cement business in
Asia, at a time when the group only had modest operations in Indonesia and
Beijing. He led the group’s expansion in the Philippines, South Korea, India,
Japan, Bangladesh and China. In 1999, Jean Desazars, who was also Executive
Vice President of the Africa region at the time, conducted the negotiations
that led to the Group establishing its presence in Southern Africa.
In his capacity as Executive Vice President of the Asia region, Jean Desazars
also recently headed the negotiations that resulted last 11 August, 2005 in a
joint venture between Lafarge and Shui On in China, creating the largest
cement manufacturer in South West China with production capacity of 17 million
tonnes, and one of the three top players in all of China.
End of announcement (c)DGAP 11.10.2005
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WKN: 850646; ISIN: FR0000120537; Index:
Listed: Freiverkehr in Berlin-Bremen, Düsseldorf, Frankfurt, Hamburg, München
und Stuttgart
111034 Okt 05
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