Board of directors

Leslie Cadzow

Leslie Cadzow was appointed Independent Chairman of Cement Australia on 1 April 2009 following his retirement as Chief Executive of Hanson Australia and Asia Pacific.  Leslie joined Hanson Australia (formerly Pioneer International) in 1976 and held several senior management positions within the Group from 1990.  He has had extensive broad experience in Australia in quarrying, concrete production and related logistic operations.  In 1990 he was appointed an executive director of Hanson Australia and its subsidiaries.  In July 2001 Leslie was made Chief Executive, Hanson Australia.  Following a reorganisation in June 2004 he added Asia Pacific to his existing responsibilities becoming Chief Executive, Hanson Australia and Asia Pacific.

Tom Clough

Tom Clough was appointed to the Holcim Ltd Executive Committee in May 2004, with responsibility for companies in East Asia, including China, the Philippines, Oceania and South Africa.

Tom is a mining engineer with international management experience in roles with ICI and ECC in various locations across Asia before being appointed CEO of Holcim’s Philippine Group company in 1998.  His last position was CEO of Jakarta-based PT Semen Cibinong Tbk after Holcim's entry into the Indonesian market.

Kevin Gluskie  

Kevin joined Hanson Australia (formerly Pioneer International) in 1990 and has held a number of management positions in Tasmania, Queensland, New South Wales and Victoria.

In 1999 he was appointed Regional General Manager with responsibility for the Hanson concrete, aggregate, landfill and logistics businesses in Victoria and Tasmania.  In 2008 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer for Hanson Australia and will replace Leslie Cadzow as Chief Executive for Hanson Australia upon Leslie’s retirement in March 2009.

Peter James

Peter James is the President of Holcim Australia.

Peter joined Ready Mixed Concrete in 1969, and since 1987 has held a variety of positions including Chief Executive Officer Rinker Group, Regional General Manager Readymix Qld, CEO Hydro Conduit (Rinker Pipe US), General Manager CSR Sugar Mills and Chief Operating Officer Humes.

Chris Leon

Chris Leon is the Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Cement Australia.  He is a professional engineer with experience in the industrial gases, air conditioning and fertilizer industries.  He is a past Executive Director of BOC Gases Australia and a past Managing Director of Thai Industrial Gases, York International Australia and Pivot Limited.

Paul O'Callaghan

Paul O'Callaghan is a director representing Holcim Limited and is based in Brisbane.  Paul has over 20 years experience in the cement industry, most recently having spent six years as Chief Operating Officer for Holcim Philippines.  Prior to moving to the Philippines in 2001, he held a variety of positions with Queensland Cement Ltd in operations, sales and marketing and in project management.

Graham Reaney

Graham Reaney is a Director of St. George Bank, AGL, So Natural Foods and is Chairman of PMP Ltd.  He worked in the resources industry for 15 years including Rio Tinto and Peko Wallsend.  He is a former Managing Director of National Foods Limited and Industrial Equity Limited.

Jan Vencalek 

Jan Vencalek is the CFO of Hanson Australia. Jan joined HeidelbergCement in 2005 and before being appointed to his current role in 2008 he spent 3 years as a Finance Director of HeidelbergCement operations in Czech Republic. Before joining HeidelbergCement he worked for South African SABMiller brewing operations in Czech Republic (Pilsner Urquell) in various financial roles.

He also experienced Czech financial markets being a Chief Operations Officer for leading stock broker company and as a member of Trading Committee of Prague Stock Exchange.
While a Civil Engineer by education, Jan gained chartered accountant qualification working for KPMG in early nineties.

Clive Cuthell

Clive Cuthell is the CFO of Holcim Australia. Clive is a Chartered Accountant and spent 10 years with Arthur Andersen and Ernst & Young. He joined Rinker group in 2003 and became CFO - Readymix Australia in 2005. He also spent 2 years as the CFO of Stockland's residential property business and returned to the Readymix business in 2009 when it was acquired by Holcim Australia.