The Board of CRH plc announced the co-option to the Board today, 24 June 2009, of John W Kennedy, as a non-executive Director.

Mr. Kennedy (59), who is based in London, is Chairman of Wellstream Holdings plc, a company in the energy services field, which is listed on the London Stock Exchange.  In a 30 year career in a number of international industrial and energy related companies, he has served as Executive Vice President of Halliburton Company, President of Dresser Enterprises and Chief Operations Officer of Brown and Root Services.