Choice of CEO for what would be the world’s largest cement maker is still unresolved PARIS — Lafarge boss Bruno Lafont wants someone with experience in the cement industry to be chief executive in the French group’s planned tie-up with Swiss peer Holcim, daily newspaper Le Monde said.The choice of CEO for what would be the world’s largest cement maker is still unresolved after revised merger terms last month gave Mr Lafont the role of non-executive co-chairman instead of chief executive as initially planned.Mr Lafont is due to propose a CEO candidate within the next two weeks ahead of a special May 8 shareholder meeting called to ratify the merger deal."For me, there should be a leader able to drive and unify the teams, a cement expert who already has good knowledge of the industry and the company, and with a true culture of value creation for shareholders," he told Le Monde in an interview published on Saturday.Lafarge’s largest shareholder, meanwhile, stressed in a separate interv...
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