Oscar Fanjul was appointed to the Lafarge Board of Directors in 2005. On August 1st 2007 he was appointed as non-executive Vice-Chairman of the Board.
He holds a PhD in economics. He was a professor at the Universidad Autonoma de Madrid Spain and an invited professor at Harvard University and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology USA.
He began his career in 1972 at the industrial holding I.N.I. (Spain). He was then Technical General Secretary and Under-Secretary at the Spanish Ministry of Energy from 1983 to 1984 and President and Founder of Repsol YPF (Spain) from its creation in 1988 until 1996.
His term of office expires at the General Meeting approving financial statements for the financial year ended 2008.
He is Honorary Chairman of Repsol YPF (Spain) and Vice-Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Omega Capital (Spain) S.L. He is a director of Marsh & McLennan Companies (United-States) the London Stock Exchange (United-Kingdom) Acerinox (Spain) Technicas Reunidas (Spain) Inmobiliaria Colonial (Spain) and Areva. He is a member of the Supervisory Boards of Sviluppo Italia. He is also International Adviser to Goldman Sachs. He is a trustee of the International Accounting Standards Committee Foundation (I.A.S.C.F.).
Mr. Fanjul holds 1 143 Lafarge shares. He is 57 years old. |