Thanking Rolf Soiron for his many years of service to the group as well as all his efforts, which were instrumental to Holcim's success, the board also thanks Erich Hunziker and Andreas von Planta for their many contributions to the group. They are not available for re-election.
Jürg Oleas, CEO of GEA Group (one of the largest system suppliers for the food processing industry and a wide range of other process industries) is also proposed for election as a new board member.
Other candidates proposed to the shareholders as members of the board of directors are Alexander Gut, Beat Hess, Adrian Loader, Thomas Schmidheiny, Hanne Birgitte Breinbjerg Sørensen, Dieter Spälti and Anne Wade.