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Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Lafarge Bruno Lafont (born in 1956) is a graduate of the Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales leading business school (HEC 1977 Paris) and the Ecole Nationale d'Administration (ENA 1982 Paris).
He started his career at Lafarge in 1983. Until 1990 he occupied various positions in Finance and International Development. From 1990 to 1994 he developed Lafarge's Cement Aggregates and Concrete Businesses in Turkey and the Eastern Mediterranean zone.
In 1994 he was appointed Group Executive Vice-President Finance and joined the Group's Executive Committee. He was responsible for setting up EVA a system which measures value creation based on the return on capital employed. He actively developed shareholder relations and participated in the creation and operation of the Shareholders' Consultative Committee.
In 1998 Bruno Lafont was appointed Executive Vice-President of the Gypsum Business. Under his leadership the Business saw its sales double and its geographical presence expand from 12 to 25 countries.
In May 2003 Bruno Lafont joined the Group's Senior Management team as Chief Operating Officer. He held joint responsibility for the Cement Business and oversaw the Group's Aggregates and Concrete Businesses. He accelerated the development of the Cement Business in Asia notably through a joint venture with Shui On in China and identified the importance of innovation as a key factor in market differentiation and added value in concrete. Under his leadership Lafarge set about redefining the Group's vision and reformulating its Principles of Action by rallying its 80 000 employees around a set of shared priorities.
Bruno Lafont was appointed to the Group's Board of Directors on May 25 2005.
He became Chief Executive Officer on January 1 2006. In June 2006 he launched the "Excellence 2008" strategic plan which seeks to consolidate the Group's leadership position. Two major strategic operations were conducted in 2006: the buyout of minority interests in Lafarge North America and the sale of the Roofing Business.
In May 2007 Bruno Lafont was appointed Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of the Group.
His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2008. Bruno Lafont holds 8 617 Lafarge shares. | 