CRH appointed John W. Kennedy, as a non-executive board of director. Kennedy 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 COO of Brown and Root Services.

Kennedy is a director of the U.K. Atomic Energy Authority, Integra Group and is non-executive chairman of Maxwell Drummond International, Hydrasun Holdings, Welltec A/S and Bifold Fluid Power. He also acts as an adviser and a consultant to several energy-related companies.