Mr. Kevin Gerard Gluskie

Mr. Kevin Gerard Gluskie (holding DIN 07413549), aged 51 years, completed his Bachelor of Engineering (Honours) with a major in Civil Engineering from the University of Tasmania in 1988 and an Executive Master of Business Administration from the Australian Graduate School of Management in 2001. He had also completed an Advanced Leadership Program in 2007 conducted by Mcgill University, the Indian Institute of Management, and Lancaster University.

Mr. Gluskie joined Pioneer International (subsequently acquired by Hanson PLC) in 1990 and held a number of operational roles throughout Australia in the Readymix Concrete and Aggregates businesses. In 1999 he was appointed as Regional General Manager responsible for the company’s operations in the Victoria and Tasmania regions of Australia. In 2009 Mr. Gluskie was appointed as Chief Executive of Hanson Australia.

Mr. Gluskie was appointed as a member of the Managing Board of HeidelbergCement AG, (HC AG) on 01 February 2016 and from 01 April 2016 he assumed responsibility for HeidelbergCement Group’s operations in the Asia-Pacific Region. Mr. Gluskie also holds the position of Chairman and Director in HeidelbergCement India Limited and Zuari Cement Limited (Subsidiaries of HC AG).

Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee

Mr. Joydeep Mukherjee, aged 56 years, holds a master’s degree in International Business and Marketing (E.M.I.B) from Indian Institute of Foreign Trade and a bachelor’s degree (Honors) from Calcutta University. He has also undergone several top management level Executive Education programs in IMD Lausanne, CH and ISB Hyderabad. Mr. Mukherjee has over 32 years of experience in leading large teams and delivering results across various industries. Prior to joining Zuari Cement Limited, Mr. Mukherjee was working as Chief Operating Officer at RR Kabel, a leading wires and cable manufacturer in India.

He was also associated with H&R Johnson as Chief Executive Officer and Executive Director, leading the business of Ceramic Tiles, Bath products and Kitchens, other than being on the Board of Prism Johnson Limited.

Mr. Mukherjee had also spent 8 years at ACC Limited and held senior leadership roles including Chief Executive for South & West Business, Head of Logistics, RMC and B2B sales and Director Sales for North & Central India. In this stint, he has been credited with launch of 2 highly successful premium products of ACC and delivering impactful results on both top line as well as plant efficiencies in his region. He has been a Managing Committee member of ACC Limited from June 2013 to December 2015 and on the Board of 2 joint ventures of ACC

Prior to joining ACC, Mr. Mukherjee held the position of National Sales Manager of the foil and packaging business of Hindalco Limited. In his last 3 professional stints, Mr. Mukherjee led to several highly successful transformation projects in Logistics, HR, Sales and Manufacturing.

Mr. Juan-Francisco Defalque

Mr. Juan-Francisco Defalque (holding DIN 07318811), aged 54 years, completed his Master degree in Mining Engineering from Catholic University of Louvain in Belgium in the year 1987. He started his professional career in 1989 with CBR, a Belgian International Company engaged in the production of cement, ready-mix and aggregates in Europe and North America (in 1993 CBR was acquired by HeidelbergCement Group). From 1989 to 2002 he held several management positions including director of technical projects for Belgium. In 2002 he joined HC Cimbenin located in Benin (West Africa) as its Managing Director. In 2006 he joined HC Indocement to set up a completely new Heidelberg Technology Centre (HTC) Indonesia organization holding the position of Head of HTC Indonesia. During his time in Indonesia several major investment projects were executed or started including an integrated plant with 10,000 TPD clinker line located south of Jakarta.

In 2015 he joined HeidelbergCement Asia Pte Ltd, Singapore as Director HTC Asia-Oceania responsible for managing the technical centres in the region, which not only provides technical support to all the cement manufacturing facilities of HeidelbergCement group in this region but also takes care of the new projects.

In India he holds the position of a Director in HeidelbergCement India Limited, Zuari Cement Limited and Gulbarga Cement Limited.