Company history

C. David Wales has been Chairman of CRH since its inception on 15th January 1965. He is therefore the longest serving employee of the company and he intends to continue in this role for the foreseeable future.

Gerry Banner has been with the company since 1971 and is non-executive Vice Chairman.

Neville Thomas,  Managing Director, originally joined the company as an outside service engineer. He later joined Benford and became Development Engineer and Service manager, before returning to CRH as Technical Manager and then Technical Director. In 2005 Neville took over as Managing Director.

Glynis Benton joined the company in 1985 and later assumed her present position as Company Secretary.

Roger Slater joined the company in 1985 and was made Hire Manager in 1992. In June 1994 he became a Depot Manager, and became a Director in July 2007.

Peter Austin was apprenticed at Witham Depot in 1983. He worked his way up to Workshop Manager, and in 2005 accepted the job of Technical Manager, based at Evesham, when Neville became Managing Director. In July 2007 he became Technical Director.

David Stevens joined the company in 1997 as depot manager at Pyle. He added the responsibility of Company Safety Officer in 1998. In 2005 he moved to Evesham depot where he oversees the companies quality, environmental, and safety policies.

Jeff Aldridge joined the company as Technical Sales Representative at Wigan depot in January 1999 but left to join another company in 2001. He rejoined us, as New Business Manager in January 2006, and became Marketing Director in July 2007.