Foster Wheeler Announces Election of Two Directors
November 01 2011 - 8:24AM
Business Wire
Foster Wheeler AG (Nasdaq: FWLT) announced that its shareholders
have elected J. Kent Masters, 50, and Henri Philippe Reichstul, 62,
to the company's board of directors. Masters was elected to serve a
term expiring at the company's annual general meeting to be held in
2012. Reichstul was elected to serve a term expiring at the
company’s annual general meeting to be held in 2014.
Masters became Chief Executive Officer of Foster Wheeler AG on
October 1, 2011. Prior to joining the company, he served as a
member of the Executive Board of Linde AG, a world-leading gases
and engineering company, from 2006 to 2011. At Linde, Masters had
responsibility for the Americas, Africa, the South Pacific, the
global business unit Healthcare, and the business area Merchant and
Packaged Gases. He was employed by BOC Group plc, a global
industrial gas company that was publicly traded on the London Stock
Exchange, from 1984 until the acquisition of BOC by Linde in 2006.
Masters served in roles of increasing responsibility at BOC,
including as Chief Executive, Industrial and Special Products, from
2005 to 2006, and as President, Process Gas Solutions-Americas,
from 2002 to 2005. He also served on the board of directors of BOC
from 2005 to 2006. Masters has been a director of Rockwood
Holdings, Inc., a global manufacturer of chemicals and advanced
materials whose shares are publicly traded on the NYSE, since 2007,
and serves on its Audit and Compensation Committees.
Reichstul is the founder and has been the Chief Executive
Officer of G&R -- Gestão Empresarial, a consulting firm --
since 2003. He served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of
Brenco (Companhia Brasileira de Energia Renovável), a Brazilian
ethanol production company, from 2007 until 2010. He served as
President of Globopar S.A., a leading Brazilian media company, from
2002 to 2003, and as Chief Executive Officer and President of
Petrobrás (Petroleo Brasileiro S.A.), a Brazilian petroleum
company, from 1999 to 2001. Reichstul served as Executive Vice
President and a Partner of Banco Inter-American Express S.A., a
private financial institution, from 1988 to 1999. Reichstul served
in various government positions in Brazil from 1983 to 1987,
including Secretary General of the Ministry of Planning. Reichstul
currently serves as a member of the board of directors for Repsol
YPF, S.A., an international oil and gas company, and PSA Peugeot
Citroën, a publicly traded French automobile company.
Foster Wheeler AG is a global engineering and construction
contractor and power equipment supplier delivering technically
advanced, reliable facilities and equipment. The company employs
approximately 12,000 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, mining and metals,
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 office is in Geneva,
Switzerland. For more information about Foster Wheeler, please
visit our Web site at www.fwc.com.
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