Appointment of senior independent Director

Appointment of senior independent director

Amec Foster Wheeler today announces that Neil Carson, a non-executive director since 31 August 2010, will assume the roles of senior independent director and chairman of the remuneration committee with effect from the close of the annual general meeting to be held on 14 May 2015. In addition to being a member of the remuneration committee, Neil is also a member of the audit and health, safety, security, environmental and ethics (HSSEE) committees.

Neil will replace Simon Thompson in both positions who, as previously announced on 12 February 2015, will be stepping down from the board following the AGM, having served six years as a non-executive director.

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Notes to editors:

Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.

With pro-forma 2013 annualised scope revenues of £5.5 billion and over 40,000 employees in more than 50 countries, the company operates across the whole of the oil and gas industry - from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products - and in the mining, clean energy, power generation, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.

Amec Foster Wheeler offers full life-cycle services to offshore and onshore oil and gas (conventional and unconventional, upstream, midstream and downstream) for greenfield, brownfield and asset support projects, plus leading refining technology.

Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.

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