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. Jamshed Naval Cooper

Mr. Jamshed N. Cooper (holding DIN 01527371), aged 60 years, is a science graduate with Post-Graduation in management specializing in marketing from the Institute of Management Studies, Indore University. During his professional career of almost three and a half decades, he has gained rich experience spanning over 32 years in the cement industry alone. He has also worked for consumer durable industry in the past.

Prior to joining HeidelbergCement Group, Mr. Cooper served with ACC Limited (now a Holcim Group Co.) for 22 years. During his tenure at ACC, he also worked for its joint ventures namely, Float Glass and Bridgestone. Before joining ACC, Mr. Cooper had a stint with Godrej & Boyce Manufacturing Co. Ltd. a consumer durable company.

Traversing his professional career, Mr. Cooper has gained experience in Corporate Management, Cost Leadership, Strategy Building, Brand Management, Logistics, Channel Management, Rural Marketing, Feasibility Studies & Project Implementation, Human Resource Management, IT Systems and Procurement. During his illustrious career, he pioneered the 25 kg cement packing and launched bulk cement for the first time in India. One of his achievements has been managing and minimizing the risks arising out of spurious look-alike brands.

He is also the Managing Director of HeidelbergCement India Limited and Zuari Cement Limited and Chairman of Gulbarga Cement Limited and Sitapuram Power Limited (which is also a part of the HeidelbergCement Group).

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.