Sept 7 (Reuters) - James Hardie Industries PLC JHX.AX , the world's top fiberboard maker, said on Friday that Jack Truong, president of the company's international businesses, will replace its Chief Executive Louis Gries.
Truong's appointment as chief executive will become effective at the end of the firm's 2019 fiscal year, the time at which Gries will leave the board, the firm said in a statement.
The appointment signals an end to Gries' more than 13-year term at the helm of the fiberboard maker, which records a majority of its sales in North America.
Truong currently runs James Hardie's Asia Pacific fiber cement business and its Europe building products business.