UK: Lafarge and Anglo American have appointed the chairman, chief executive office (CEO) and CFO of their joint-venture in the UK. Jamie Pike is appointed as non-executive Chairman, Cyrille Ragoucy as CEO and Guy Young as CFO of the joint-venture. The appointments are subject to the completion of the joint-venture and final clearance from the UK Competition Commission. It is anticipated that the joint-venture will commence operations in early 2013.
Jamie Pike, aged 57, is the non-executive chairman of Lupus Capital, a leading international supplier of building products to the door and window industry, RPC Group, a leading international supplier of rigid plastic packaging and MBA Polymers, a private US plastics recycling business. He was chief executive of Foseco, an international business serving the foundry and steel-making industries, until its acquisition by Cookson Group in April 2008. He led the buy-out of Foseco from Burmah Castrol in 2001, which culminated in flotation on the main market in 2005.
His early career was as a consultant with Bain and Co and A T Kearney before joining Burmah Castrol in 1991. He rose to chief executive of Burmah Castrol Chemicals before leading the Foseco buy-out. Pike was educated at the University of Oxford, holds an MBA from INSEAD and is a member of the Institute of Mechanical Engineers.
Cyrille Ragoucy, aged 56, is currently senior vice president for Health and Safety at Lafarge. From 2005 to 2009 he was CEO and regional president for Lafarge's cement operations in China (Lafarge Shui On Cement) where he was responsible for 25 plants and 10,000 people. Between 1999 and 2005 he was regional president for Aggregates, Concrete, Asphalt and Paving for Lafarge in Eastern Canada. Ragoucy joined the Lafarge group in 1998 as vice president Cement Strategy for Lafarge North America.
Guy Young, aged 43, has been CFO of Tarmac since 2010 with responsibility for Tarmac's financial, IT and legal operations as well as the pre-integration planning for the joint venture. Guy has been with Anglo American for 15 years in a variety of roles, including CFO of Scaw Metals, Group Procurement and within the CEO's Office. Guy was educated at the University of Cape Town and qualified as a chartered accountant after doing articles at Deloitte.
