Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA : Esther Alcocer Koplowitz appointed Chairman of FCC, and Juan Béjar, Vice-Chairman and CEO
January 31, 2013 at 09:16 pm
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Esther Alcocer Koplowitz appointed Chairman of FCC, and Juan Béjar, Vice-Chairman and CEO
At a meeting this afternoon, the Board of Directors of FCC appointed Esther Alcocer Koplowitz as its Chairman, representing Dominum Desga S.A., and Juan Béjar Ochoa as Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO.
These appointments arose following Baldomero Falcones Jaquotot's resignation as Chairman and CEO. Falcones became Chairman of the Board in June 2008, six months after his appointment as CEO. He will now chair the FCC Foundation.
The appointments, which mark the beginning of a new era, were vetted beforehand by FCC's Appointments and Remuneration Committee.
To date, Esther Alcocer Koplowitz has been Second Vice-Chairman of FCC; Juan Béjar is Chairman and CEO of Cementos Portland Valderrivas and Executive Chairman of Globalvía.
Esther Koplowitz Romero de Juseu will continue as First Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Fomento de Construcciones y Contratas SA (FCC) is a Spain-based company primarily engaged in the provision of environmental services. The Company's activities are divided into four business areas: Environmental services, Construction, Water management and Cement. The Environmental services division focuses on street cleaning, maintenance of urban parks and gardens, industrial waste management, waste treatment and recycling, among others. The Construction division offers engineering and construction of civil works, such as roads, railways, airports and hydraulic projects, as well as residential and non-residential buildings. The Water management division operates an integrated water management cycle, which includes intake, purification, treatment and distribution of the waste water. The Cement division manufactures cement, concrete, aggregate and mortar. The Company operates through numerous subsidiaries in Europe, the Americas, Africa and the Middle East region.