MILJAN GUTOVIC
Chief Executive Officer
Miljan Gutovic has been Chief Executive Officer of Holcim since May 2024. Driven by a strong sense of purpose to decarbonize building at scale, Miljan leads the company’s commitment to deliver record performance and value for all stakeholders.
Background
Miljan began his Holcim career in 2018, when he was appointed Head of Middle East & Africa, and became a member of the Group Executive Committee that July. In March 2021 he became Region Head for Europe, and in November 2022 expanded his role to lead Holcim’s Operational Excellence organization, focusing on decarbonization.
As Region Head Europe, Miljan turned sustainable growth into profitable growth, with an ambitious decarbonization roadmap delivering leading EBIT margins and increasing customer demand for advanced sustainable building solutions from ECOPact to ECOPlanet. A bold M&A strategy also contributed to strong regional growth and significantly expanded our footprint.
Miljan drove decarbonization across the Group in his Operational Excellence role: leading on renewable and green energy use, expanding green formulation, accelerating green mobility and deploying next-generation technologies such as carbon capture, utilization and storage.
He is a Member of the Board of Directors of the Global Cement and Concrete Association (GCCA) and Member of the Executive Committee, World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD).
Miljan previously worked for the specialty chemical company, Sika in various management roles in Australia and the Middle East.
An Australian national born in 1979, he holds a Bachelor’s degree in Civil Engineering and a PhD in Engineering from the University of Technology in Sydney.
