Alexandre Jeker

Member of the Board of Directors. Main activity is gypsum trading into South Africa.

Member of the Board of Directors. International expansion of Kolos Cement Ltd

Strategy, Business Development and M&A with focus on Africa

Responsible for trading of Cement, Clinker & Cementitious products East Coast Africa and Indian Ocean.

Cement import terminal operated through a 51/49 joint venture with a local construction company. Turnover of more than 30 MEUR with 70 employees. Main achievements: • Successful turnaround leading to a 100% EBITDA increase within 2 years. By end of 2013 EBITDA will have increased 4.5 fold compared to 2009. • Liberalization of the Mauritian cement marketobtaining support from WTO and Swiss government. • Introduction of new cement products

Coordination and coaching of Group Companies of the MENA region: business planning, financial planning, strategic projects. Business development activities: development of M&A as well as investment and disinvestment proposals to the Executive Committee of the Holcim Group. Management of the Holcim office in Algeria: Management of the local team, institutional relations with local government, relations with actual and potential partners.

Alternative Fuels and Raw Material [AFR] division of Holcim Spain. Identification of target markets and definition of the consequent marketing plan, definition and implementation of a CRM application allowing client and product portfolio analysis, management of the marketing team. Optimization of the logistics including supplier sourcing, definition of logistics processes, management of the logistics team. AFR Business Process Owner and project manager for Europe, Middle East and Africa.

Responsible for the global commodity HR Services/Temporary labor (by the time a 100 mCHF pa. expenditure): Negotiation of global frame agreements with selected service providers and coaching of the international project team. Responsible for the Project Office (Group wide project for the implementation of an Ariba / SAP purchasing application): Definition and implementation of a project management cockpit, coordination of the IT team. Analyst functions: Conducted several competitor and market analysis