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Barloworld Ltd (ticker: BAW, exchange: )
News Release -
12-Feb-2004
Blackbeard new CEO of Barloworld Scientific John Blackbeard currently chief operating officer of Pretoria Portland Cement (PPC) in South Africa, is to replace Peter Maybury, who is retiring later this year, as chief executive officer of Barloworld Scientific, based in the United Kingdom.
Blackbeard (47) has been with Barloworld for eight years. He joined the company from Eskom where he held various Engineering positions, the last being Senior General Manager of Technology. He joined Barloworld in 1996 as Group Technical Director for PPC. In 1990 he was appointed Managing director of PPC Cement and Chief Operating Officer of the PPC Group in 2002.
Any appointments at PPC consequent to this move will be announced in due course.
For further information contact Mark Drewell, Head of Corporate Communication at Barloworld on +27 11 445 1204, email: mdrewell@barloworld.com |
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