Chris Ettery

Chris Ettery

Chris worked for Lafarge for 14 years, initially in its UK operations before spending the last seven years at its corporate office in Paris, where he was responsible for the group’s stakeholder engagement programme as the international communications director. Before joining Lafarge, Chris worked in the UK and Australia.

In order to achieve the social licence to operate, engaging local communities and identifying risks are must-dos.

The importance of stakeholder engagement to Lafarge was established in 2003, when reference was made to it in its core values, the Principles of Action.

Of course, stakeholder engagement was present in the group before this: as an...