Foster Wheeler Shareholders Elect Clayton Daley to Board of Directors
November 04 2009 - 7:30AM
Business Wire
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq:FWLT) announced today that its
shareholders have elected Clayton C. Daley, Jr. to the company’s
board of directors.
Raymond J. Milchovich, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Foster Wheeler AG, said, “Clayt has an unusually broad and deep
grasp of the strategic issues that face global businesses. This
understanding, combined with his world-class financial acumen,
makes Clayt an ideal board member for Foster Wheeler. We welcome
him to the board and very much look forward to working with
him.”
Daley, 57, was Vice Chairman of The Procter & Gamble
Company, a consumer products company, from January 2009 until
his retirement in September 2009. Mr. Daley was the Vice
Chairman and Chief Financial Officer of The Procter & Gamble
Company from July 2007 to January 2009 and its Chief
Financial Officer from October 1998 until July 2007.
Mr. Daley currently serves on the Board of Directors of Nucor
Corporation and Starwood Hotels & Resorts Worldwide, Inc. He
has served as a Member of the Financial Executives International
organization since 1991. Since 1998, Daley has served as a Member
of the Officers Conference Group and as a Member of the Council of
Financial Executives. He was awarded Institutional Investor
magazine’s Top CFO, Consumer Products: 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007,
2008, and 2009. He also serves as Director of Dan Beard
Council, Boy Scouts of America, and has served as a member of the
Board of Directors of Cancer Family Care, Inc.
Daley holds a Bachelor of Arts in Economics from Davidson
College and an MBA from Ohio State University.
Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction
contractor and power equipment supplier delivering technically
advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company employs
over 14,000 talented professionals with specialized expertise
dedicated to serving its clients through one of its two primary
business groups. The company’s Global Engineering and Construction
Group designs and constructs leading-edge processing facilities for
the upstream oil and gas, LNG and gas-to-liquids, refining,
chemicals and petrochemicals, power, environmental,
pharmaceuticals, biotechnology and healthcare industries. The
company’s Global Power Group is a world leader in combustion and
steam generation technology that designs, manufactures and erects
steam generating and auxiliary equipment for power stations and
industrial facilities and also provides a wide range of aftermarket
services. The company is based in Zug, Switzerland, and its
operational headquarters are in Clinton, New Jersey, USA. For more
information about Foster Wheeler, please visit our Web site at
www.fwc.com.
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