CRH plc announces that Doug Black, chief operating officer of Oldcastle, Inc (the holding company for CRH's interests in the Americas) is leaving the group to pursue other interests.  As a result of this, Randy Lake, chief executive of Oldcastle Materials, Keith Haas, chief executive of Oldcastle Building Products, Bob Feury, chief executive of Oldcastle Distribution and Joe Myers, president of Oldcastle Building Solutions, will report directly to Mark Towe, chief executive of Oldcastle.

Commenting on this, Myles Lee, CRH Chief Executive, said: "We would like to express our appreciation to Doug for his significant contribution to the development of our North American business over a long career with Oldcastle and we wish him well for the future. Mark and his team will continue to lead and develop our operations in the Americas".