Maeve Carton

The group transformation director will retire at the end of August

Caveat: No gender quotas and no improvement in women director numbers

Figures boosted by a €4.9 million award under long-term incentive programme

Favourable exchange rates were worth €218m to the Irish company

Building materials firm posts 36 per cent rise in pretax profits to €1.03bn last year

Bank of Ireland’s Senan Murphy will join construction group in January

Building materials group is forecasting full year earnings growth as it said it will acquire US glazing manufacturer for $1.3bn

CRH has been given go-ahead for €6.5bn acquisition of assets from Lafarge and Holcim

Maeve Carton to assume new role of transformation director next year

Building materials giant reported €1bn turnaround 2014 pre-tax profits to €761m

Improving economic conditions helps building materials giant overturn 2013 loss

Government completes early repayment of IMF loans and announces new heads for NTMA and Strategic Banking Corporation

CRH’s shareholders to vote on the pay levels of executive directors

Manifold says firm ‘forgot the core principle of CRH’ during the boom

Building materials group predicts return to profitability in 2014 as world economies rebound