Jack Truong is a CEO, board director, and strategic advisor with over 20 years of experience in leading corporate turnarounds and transformational growth initiatives across multiple industries and regions. He has a proven track record of delivering step change results and long-term value creation for enterprises, consumers, customers, employees, and shareholders.
As the former global CEO of James Hardie Industries, a world leader in building materials, he led a transformational strategy that increased the company's market capitalization by more than US$13 billion, its annual revenue by more than US$1 billion, and its net profit by more than US$260 million in three years. He has also held senior leadership roles at Electrolux, and 3M Company, where he drove innovation, operational excellence, and customer-centricity. He is passionate about building high-performance, global teams that foster a culture of excellence, diversity, and inclusion.
During my three-year tenure as Global CEO, James Hardie Industries’ market capitalization grew by more than US$13 billion (+370%), its annual revenue grew by more than US$1 billion (+45%, organically), and its net profit grew by more than US$260 million (+85%). It was the direct result of the entire global team’s execution of a transformational strategy that turned James Hardie Industries from being a regionally-focused company into a high performance, global company with multiple growth engines that delivered consistent, organic growth with strong returns during that time.
