Zurich (awp) – Holcim CEO Jan Jenisch, already a member of the board of directors since 2021, is to be elected as chairman of the building materials giant’s supervisory body at the general meeting on 4 may.
The owners of shares will meet for the first time since the outbreak of the coronavirus pandemic in early 2020 in physical presence, the Zug group said in a press release on Thursday. If elected, Mr. Jenisch will assume “for a limited period” the dual function of chairman and chief executive. The group is giving itself 12 months to find a successor at the helm of the company.
Jan Jenisch was appointed chief executive in 2017, having led construction chemist Sika from 2012 to that date. The current president Beat Hess, who was elected to this position in 2016, will not stand for a new term as director, just like Patrick Kron. The other members of the supervisory body must, however, be reappointed.
Shareholders will also have to vote on the payment of a dividend of 2.50 Swiss francs per share for the past financial year.
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