Summit Materials Announces Appointment of Tamla Oates-Forney to Board of Directors
May 19 2021 - 4:15PM
Business Wire
Summit Materials, Inc. (NYSE: SUM, “Summit” or the
“Company”), a leading vertically integrated construction materials
company, today announced that its board of directors has appointed
Tamla Oates-Forney as a new independent director and member of the
board’s Human Capital and Compensation Committee. With the
appointment of Ms. Oates-Forney, Summit’s board now comprises nine
members.
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Tamla Oates-Forney, Director, Summit
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Howard Lance, Chairman of Summit, stated, “I am delighted that
Tamla has agreed to join the Summit board. She is an accomplished
global Human Resources Executive with over 25 years of diverse HR
experience cultivated through leadership roles with Waste
Management and General Electric. Tamla brings a wealth of expertise
in human capital management that will be a strategic asset to the
Company.”
Anne Noonan, CEO of Summit, added, “We welcome Tamla to Summit’s
board of directors. Her effectiveness in providing strategic
leadership through periods of accelerated growth will bring
meaningful contributions to our Company as we pursue our Elevate
Summit strategy. I committed us to improving our human capital
management, with a focus on the areas of safety, talent management
and recruitment and Tamla will bring valued expertise to all these
areas.”
Tamla Oates-Forney is a seasoned global human resources
executive in large and complex organizations. She currently serves
as Senior Vice President, Chief People Officer, at Waste
Management, a Fortune 250 environmental services company of
approximately 50,000 employees, where she has primary
responsibility for the human resources strategy including HR
operations, employee relations, labor relations, HR information
systems, compensation, benefits, culture & engagement,
learning, leadership development and total talent management.
Prior to joining Waste Management, Ms. Oates-Forney served in
positions of increasing responsibility during her 20-year career at
General Electric most notably, Chief Diversity Officer for GE
Appliances and Lighting, Human Resources Leader for GE Africa, and
Vice President of Human Resources for GE Energy Connections.
Oates-Forney was named a GE Company officer in 2016, making her the
highest ranking African American female executive at the time of
her departure.
Oates-Forney is a graduate of the University of North Carolina
at Chapel Hill where she earned her Bachelor of Science in Business
Administration.
About Summit Materials,
Inc.
Summit Materials is a leading vertically integrated
materials-based company that supplies aggregates, cement, ready-mix
concrete and asphalt in the United States and British Columbia,
Canada. Summit is a geographically diverse, materials-based
business of scale that offers customers a single-source provider of
construction materials and related downstream products in the
public infrastructure, residential and non-residential end markets.
Summit has a strong track record of successful acquisitions since
its founding and continues to pursue growth opportunities in new
and existing markets. For more information about Summit Materials,
please visit www.summit-materials.com.
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Anderson EVP, Chief Environmental, Social & Governance Officer
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EVP, Chief People Officer and Head of Corporate Communications
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