Andreas Leu

Former member of the Executive Committee, Holcim

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    Andreas Leu is a former Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim and was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Latin America in 2011 and 2014.

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    Holcim Awards Caracas reception (l-r): Holcim (Ecuador) S.A. Presidente Ejecutivo, Andreas Leu Buehrer and Holcim (Venezuela) C.A. Director Comercial, Gustavo Romero

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    Holcim Awards 2011 jury for Latin America (l-r): Bruno Stagno, Marc Angélil, Vanderley John, Daniel Bermúdez Samper, Michel Rojkind, Carolyn Aguilar (Head of Jury), Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Angelo Bucci, and Andreas Leu met in Mexico City.

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    Trophy presentation (l-r): winning team Alfredo Brillembourg & Hubert Klumpner with Joildo Santos (President, UMCP), Bernard Fontana (CEO of Holcim & Chairman of the Holcim Foundation Steering Committee), Andreas Leu (Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim), Aaron Betsky (Director, Cincinnati Art Museum, USA & Global Holcim Awards jury representative).

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    Holcim representatives (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO of Holcim and Chairman of the Steering Committee of the Holcim Foundation and Andreas Leu, Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim for Latin America.

Andreas Leu is a former Member of the Executive Committee of Holcim and was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Latin America in 2011 and 2014. 

Last updated: July 15, 2015 Zurich, Switzerland

Andreas Leu studied business administration at the University of St Gallen, Switzerland and holds an MBA from the Johnson Graduate School at Cornell University, USA.

After working for the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC), he joined Holcim in 1999 as a consultant.

He was appointed General Manager of Holcim Centroamérica in 2002, and subsequently CEO of Holcim Ecuador in 2003. During 2006 and 2007, he also held the position of CEO of Holcim Venezuela. In 2008, he was appointed Area Manager of Holcim with responsibility for Colombia, Ecuador, Argentina, Chile and Brazil.

He was appointed to the Executive Committee of Holcim in January 2011 and stepped down from the Executive Committee at the completion of the merger of Lafarge and Holcim in July 2015, and left the Group with effect from August 1, 2015.

Andreas Leu was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Latin America in 2011 and 2014.

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