James Hardie Industries plc announced the appointment of Christian Claus as President Europe. Mr. Claus joins James Hardie as President Europe from a successful leadership career in large global industrial B2B and B2B2C businesses. Mr. Claus most recently served as Vice President for West Europe, South Europe and Africa of Tarkett, a global leader of floor and wall coverings headquartered in Paris, France, with over 12,500 employees.

Mr. Claus was operating in a variety of Vice President roles at Tarkett since January 2018. Prior to joining Tarkett, Mr. Claus held multiple commercial leadership roles at Air Liquide, the world leader of industrial gases. Before joining Air Liquide, Mr. Claus held various commercial and international management roles of increasing responsibility over the course of his career at 3M.

Mr. Claus is a graduate of the Heinrich Heine University in Düsseldorf, holds a Master's degree in Business Administration and has completed multiple Executive Education courses at MIT Sloan, Harvard Business School and the London Business School. In addition to the appointment of President Europe, the Company announced that ESG, IT and Transformation teams will now report directly to the CEO, Aaron Erter. These departments are headed by, VP ESG & Chief Sustainability Officer, Jill Kolling; Chief Information Officer, James Johnson II and; VP Global Transformation, Stephen Balsavich.