Miljan Gutovic

Speaker at the St. Gallen Symposium

Miljan Gutovic has served as CEO of Holcim since May 2024, leading the company’s purpose-driven mission to deliver superior performance and value for all stakeholders while decarbonising building at scale. Immediately prior, Mr Gutovic was Region Head for Europe and led Holcim’s Operational Excellence organisation, advancing renewable energy use and driving decarbonisation across the group. Notably, as Region Head for Europe, he transformed sustainable growth into profitable growth by implementing a decarbonisation roadmap that achieved industry-leading EBIT margins and boosted demand for sustainable solutions, including ECOPact and ECOPlanet. Mr Gutovic joined Holcim in 2018 as Head of the Middle East & Africa. Before joining Holcim, he held various management roles at Sika, a specialty chemicals company. In addition to his role as CEO, he is a member of Holcim’s Group Executive Committee and serves on the Steering Committee of the Global Cement and Concrete Association. Mr Gutovic holds a bachelor's degree in civil engineering and a PhD in engineering from the University of Technology in Sydney.