France: Lafarge has announced changes to its Executive Committee due to start from 1 September 2013. Sonia Artinian and Peter Hoddinott will join existing committee members Eric Olsen, Guillaume Roux and Alexandra Rocca.
Sonia Artinian, currently Country CEO for Romania, is appointed as Executive Vice-President of Organization and Human Resources, taking over from Eric Olsen.
Artinian, a French national, joined Lafarge in 2008 as Senior Vice-President Organization, Learning and Development. She started her career as a strategy consultant, notably working for Cap Gemini Consulting. She is a graduate of École nationale de génie rural des eaux et forêts and of Ecole Normale Supérieure de Lyon (section biology).
Peter Hoddinott, currently Head of Energy and Strategic Sourcing at the Performance department, is appointed as Executive Vice-President of Performance, taking over from Guillaume Roux.
Hoddinott, a British national, joined Lafarge in 2001 with the acquisition of Blue Circle by Lafarge. He worked for the mining industry before joining Blue Circle in 1995, where he held several operational positions in the UK, before being appointed General Director for the Philippines in 1999. He is a graduate of Imperial College and holds a Master of Business Administration from London University.
Eric Olsen, currently Executive Vice-President Organization and Human Resources, is appointed Executive Vice-President of Operations, taking over from Jean-Carlos Angulo, who has decided to retire.
Olsen, a US national, joined Lafarge in 1999 after starting his career at Deloitte & Touche. He became Chief Financial Officer of Lafarge North America in 2004.
Olsen holds a Bachelor of Science degree in finance and accounting from the University of Colorado, and an MBA from the HEC international business school in Paris.
Alexandra Rocca, currently Senior Vice-President Group Communications, is appointed as Executive Vice-President Communications, Public Affairs and Sustainable Development.
Rocca, a French national, joined Lafarge in 2010 as Senior Vice-President Group of Communications and has been a member of the group Executive Committee since January 2012. She began her career at Printemps Group in 1986 with subsequent roles at Air Liquide Group, Galeries Lafayette and Crédit Agricole S.A. group. She is a graduate from the HEC international business school in Paris, the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris and holds a BA in French literature.
Guillaume Roux, currently Executive Vice-President Performance, is appointed Executive Vice-President of Operations.
Roux, a US-French dual national, has spent his entire career with Lafarge which he joined in 1980 as an internal auditor. Subsequent roles since have included Chief Executive for Turkey in 1999, taking responsibility for Lafarge's cement operations in South-East Asia in 2002 and becoming Executive Vice President and Co-President of the Cement Division with the responsibility for the Cement business in Eastern Europe, the Middle East and Africa in 2006. In 2008 he supervised the integration of Orascom's operations with Lafarge. He is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques in Paris.