At a meeting this afternoon, the Board of Directors of FCC appointed Esther Alcocer Koplowitz as its Chairman, representing Dominum Desga S.A., and Juan Béjar Ochoa as Executive Vice-Chairman and CEO.

These appointments arose following Baldomero Falcones Jaquotot's resignation as Chairman and CEO. Falcones became Chairman of the Board in June 2008, six months after his appointment as CEO. He will now chair the FCC Foundation.

The appointments, which mark the beginning of a new era, were vetted beforehand by FCC's Appointments and Remuneration Committee.

To date, Esther Alcocer Koplowitz has been Second Vice-Chairman of FCC; Juan Béjar is Chairman and CEO of Cementos Portland Valderrivas and Executive Chairman of Globalvía.
Esther Koplowitz Romero de Juseu will continue as First Vice-Chairman of the Board of Directors.