CRH frontman steps down as sales miss forecasts

Irish building materials group CRH said on Tuesday that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is to retire from the board at the end of the year, as it announced lower-than-expected sales for 2012.

Irish building materials group CRH said on Tuesday that its Chief Executive Officer (CEO) is to retire from the board at the end of the year, as it announced lower-than-expected sales for 2012.

CEO Myles Lee has worked at CRH since 1982 and joined the board 10 years as an Executive Director.

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