Brickworks Limited announced that from 1 August 2023, Mark Ellenor will be appointed as Chief Operating Officer for the Brickworks Group reporting to the Managing Director Lindsay Partridge. This appointment will take place as part of the Company's carefully planned executive management succession and to ensure that the executive team remains well positioned to deliver on its strategy. Mark has a long history with Brickworks having started with Austral Bricks under its Graduate Program in 1999 progressing to various General Manager roles in Australia including General Manager Austral Bricks and General Manager Bristile Roofing.

In 2018 Mark was appointed President Brickworks Building Products North America based in the US and in 2022 was appointed Executive General Manager Building Products for Australia and US. Mark holds a Bachelor of Business and has completed the Stanford Executive Program. The appointment of Mark as COO follows a period of Board renewal over the past few years with the retirement and appointment of three new non-executive directors to ensure the company maintains the right balance of skills, experience, independence and tenure amongst its directors.