Australia: Martin Brydon has been appointed the Managing Director of Adelaide Brighton. He is currently the Chief Executive Office of the Australian construction materials company.
Brydon, aged 60, trained in electrical and electronic engineering with BHP before completing a Masters Degree in Business Administration and the Stanford Executive Program in the USA in 1998.
Brydon joined Cockburn Cement Limited as an Electrical Engineer in 1981. In 1998 he was appointed Cockburn Cement Limited's Chief Executive Officer. Following Cockburn Cement's merger into Adelaide Brighton in 1999, Brydon became the Group General Manager for the Western Division.
In 2001, Martin was appointed to the position of General Manager, Strategy and Business Development for the Adelaide Brighton group of companies. In 2005, Martin was appointed to the position of Executive General Manager, Cement and Lime at Adelaide Brighton and in 2014 in became its Chief Executive Officer.