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Javier de Benito is the former Area Manager of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Africa, Middle East.

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Javier de Benito is Area Manager of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Africa, Middle East at the Holcim Awards jury meeting for Africa Middle East in 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon.

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Presentation of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2012 in Lausanne, Swizterland (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO, Holcim; Enrique Norten, Principal/Founder, TEN Arquitectos & Head, Global Holcim Awards jury; Rolf Soiron, Chairman, Holcim; Javier de Benito, Area Manager Africa Middle East, Holcim; Dessi Slava, Kéré Architecture; Dieudonné Souguouri, 1st Counselor, Embassy of Burkina Faso in Switzerland; and team from Kéré Architecture including Diébédo Francis Kéré (with certificate).

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Javier de Benito, Area Manager for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland – Chair of the Day at the A11AM-media-DeBenito-001x.jpg Javier de Benito, Area Manager Holcim for Mediterranean and North Africa, and member of the Holcim Awards 2011 Africa Middle East jury. » Download high-resolution version (JPG, 1.63 MB) A12GLgoBFhoCH04.jpg Presentation of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2012 in Lausanne, Swizterland (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO, Holcim; Enrique Norten, Principal/Founder, TEN Arquitectos & Head, Global Holcim Awards jury; Rolf Soiron, Chairman, Holcim; Javier de Benito, Area Manager Africa Middle East, Holcim; Dessi Slava, Kéré Architecture; Dieudonné Souguouri, 1st Counselor, Embassy of Burkina Faso in Switzerland; and team from Kéré Architecture including Diébédo Francis Kéré (with certificate). » Download high-resolution version (JPG, 2.35 MB) A11_EU_misc_SpPre3.jpg Javier de Benito, Area Manager for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland – Chair of the Day at the Holcim Awards 2011 Africa Middle East presentation in Casablanca, Morocco.

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Holcim Awards Silver 2011 Africa Middle East presentation in Casablanca, Morocco (l-r): Luca Atanasio, Consul General of Italy in Morocco; Piero Corpina, Deputy Country Manager, Holcim Italy; winner Giovanna Claudia Rosa Romano, ARCò - Architettura e Cooperazione; and Javier de Benito, Area Manager Holcim for Mediterranean & North Africa.

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The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East met in Casablanca, Morocco in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Javier de Benito, Hashim Sarkis (Head of Jury), Joe Osae-Addo, Abderrafih Lahbabi, Amer Moustafa, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Mphethi Morojele, Chrisna du Plessis and Holger Wallbaum.

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Holcim Awards Encouragement 2005 (l-r): Javier de Benito, Area Manager, Holcim Group Support (Zurich) Ltd, Switzerland and Encouragement prize-winner Maranga Njorge, student, University of Nairobi, Kenya.

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Holcim Awards Encouragement 2005 (l-r): Javier de Benito, Area Manager, Holcim Group Support (Zurich) Ltd, Switzerland and Encouragement prize winner, Antonia Schlegel, graduating architect, Technischen Universität Berlin, Germany

Javier de Benito is the former Area Manager of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Africa, Middle East.
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Javier de Benito is Area Manager of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Africa, Middle East at the Holcim Awards jury meeting for Africa Middle East in 2014 in Beirut, Lebanon.
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Presentation of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2012 in Lausanne, Swizterland (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO, Holcim; Enrique Norten, Principal/Founder, TEN Arquitectos & Head, Global Holcim Awards jury; Rolf Soiron, Chairman, Holcim; Javier de Benito, Area Manager Africa Middle East, Holcim; Dessi Slava, Kéré Architecture; Dieudonné Souguouri, 1st Counselor, Embassy of Burkina Faso in Switzerland; and team from Kéré Architecture including Diébédo Francis Kéré (with certificate).
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Javier de Benito, Area Manager for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland – Chair of the Day at the A11AM-media-DeBenito-001x.jpg Javier de Benito, Area Manager Holcim for Mediterranean and North Africa, and member of the Holcim Awards 2011 Africa Middle East jury. » Download high-resolution version (JPG, 1.63 MB) A12GLgoBFhoCH04.jpg Presentation of the Global Holcim Awards Gold 2012 in Lausanne, Swizterland (l-r): Bernard Fontana, CEO, Holcim; Enrique Norten, Principal/Founder, TEN Arquitectos & Head, Global Holcim Awards jury; Rolf Soiron, Chairman, Holcim; Javier de Benito, Area Manager Africa Middle East, Holcim; Dessi Slava, Kéré Architecture; Dieudonné Souguouri, 1st Counselor, Embassy of Burkina Faso in Switzerland; and team from Kéré Architecture including Diébédo Francis Kéré (with certificate). » Download high-resolution version (JPG, 2.35 MB) A11_EU_misc_SpPre3.jpg Javier de Benito, Area Manager for the Mediterranean and the Middle East, Holcim Ltd, Switzerland – Chair of the Day at the Holcim Awards 2011 Africa Middle East presentation in Casablanca, Morocco.
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Holcim Awards ceremony for Africa Middle East 2011 – Casablanca, Morocco
Holcim Awards ceremony for Africa Middle East 2011 – Casablanca, Morocco
Holcim Awards Silver 2011 Africa Middle East presentation in Casablanca, Morocco (l-r): Luca Atanasio, Consul General of Italy in Morocco; Piero Corpina, Deputy Country Manager, Holcim Italy; winner Giovanna Claudia Rosa Romano, ARCò - Architettura e Cooperazione; and Javier de Benito, Area Manager Holcim for Mediterranean & North Africa.
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The Holcim Awards jury for region Africa Middle East met in Casablanca, Morocco in June 2011 to select projects using the “target issues” for sustainable construction (l-r): Javier de Benito, Hashim Sarkis (Head of Jury), Joe Osae-Addo, Abderrafih Lahbabi, Amer Moustafa, Hans-Rudolf Schalcher, Mphethi Morojele, Chrisna du Plessis and Holger Wallbaum.
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Holcim Awards Encouragement 2005 (l-r): Javier de Benito, Area Manager, Holcim Group Support (Zurich) Ltd, Switzerland and Encouragement prize-winner Maranga Njorge, student, University of Nairobi, Kenya.
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Holcim Awards Encouragement 2005 (l-r): Javier de Benito, Area Manager, Holcim Group Support (Zurich) Ltd, Switzerland and Encouragement prize winner, Antonia Schlegel, graduating architect, Technischen Universität Berlin, Germany
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Holcim Awards ceremony for Africa Middle East 2011 – Casablanca, Morocco
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About

Javier de Benito is the former Area Manager of Holcim Ltd with responsibility for Africa, Middle East.

He studied business administration and economics at the Universidad Autónoma de Madrid and undertook further studies at the Harvard Business School.

After a number of years of professional experience in the finance department of an international steel trading company and as a specialist for finance projects with a Spanish export promotion company, he joined Holcim Trading in 1988.

Along with responsibility for controlling at the subsidiary companies and for business development, he took on the position of Deputy General Manager in 1992, with responsibility for the trading division. He was appointed Area Manager for the Mediterranean, Indian Ocean and West Africa in 2003, and was subsequently appointed Area Manager Africa, Middle East in 2012 until leaving the Holcim Group at the end of 2014.

He was a member of the Holcim Awards jury for Africa Middle East in 2014.

Last Updated: January 01, 2015
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