He will take over from Kevin Gluskie whose term will end at the end of January 2024. As part of the change, chief financial officer René Aldach will assume additional responsibility for Australia as of January 2024. To embed deep technical expertise within the managing board and drive forward the company's technical projects towards a net-zero future, Axel Conrads, president of the Midwest Region in the US, will be promoted to the Heidelberg Materials managing board, taking on the new role of chief technical officer as of February 2024. He will be responsible for all three global technical Competence Centres: Cement (CCC), Aggregates & Asphalt (CCA), and Readymix (CCR).