New ICT President appointment
Ecocem senior executive John Reddy appointed President of the Institute of Concrete Technology
JOHN Reddy, director of concrete technology deployment at European low-carbon cement technologies specialists Ecocem, has been appointed as President of the Institute of Concrete Technology (ICT), the international professional body for concrete technologists and engineers.
Mr Reddy is the first person from Ireland to hold the role of President of the ICT, which has a term of two years and follows his term as vice-president of the organization since 2023. He will be joined by Veronika Elfmarkova, who becomes the organization’s new vice-president, ahead of her becoming the ICT’s first ever female President in 2027. Ms Elfmarkova is head of commercial RMX at Holcim, based at the Group’s headquarters in Switzerland.
Commenting on his appointment, John Reddy said: ‘Now is perhaps the most exciting and critical time to be a concrete technologist as demand is increasing for concrete in terms of performance, volume, and Net Zero ambitions. I am honoured to take on the leadership of the ICT and it is my ambition to elevate further the status of the ICT internationally and to see concrete technologists develop their roles in delivering solutions to improve further the concrete we use today.’
A native of Dublin, Mr Reddy is the 14th President of ICT, which recently staged its 53rd Annual Convention Symposium in the Trinity Business School in Trinity College Dublin – the first time the annual event has been staged outside the UK.
The theme of this year’s ICT symposium was The Pursuit of Net Zero Concrete: Materials, Design and Practical Applications, with speakers drawn from industry and academia in both Ireland and the UK. The event was chaired by Prof. Mark Richardson of University College Dublin, while Prof. Roger West of Trinity College Dublin – a central figure in the teaching of concrete technology in Ireland – delivered the keynote address entitled, ‘Concrete epiphanies’.
A regular speaker at international symposia, Mr Reddy has published a number of international academic research papers and trade articles on concrete technology. His links to the ICT date back to 2009, when he joined as a corporate member of the organization on attaining a Diploma in Advanced Concrete Technology. He subsequently served on its Council for several years including as chair of marketing and as vice-president for the last two years.
He became a chartered engineer from Engineers Ireland in 2010 and completed an MSc in Advanced Concrete Technology in Queens University in Belfast in 2015, where his thesis was an investigation into thermal activation of low-carbon cement.
As director of concrete technology deployment at Ecocem, Mr Reddy is helping to drive the roll-out of the company’s breakthrough technology ACT, which can deliver a 70% decarbonization of cement at scale globally. Ecocem recently announced an additional investment of €170 million to construct four new production lines in France and to accelerate delivery of ACT to the market.
