Customer focus strengthened with new structure

12 October 2012

Customer focus strengthened with new geographic operational structure

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces today its new organisational structure, designed to more fully support the future needs of its customers.

Going forward the company will be managed geographically, with Simon Naylor, John Pearson and Hisham Mahmoud promoted to be Group Presidents of Americas, Europe and Growth Regions respectively. All will report directly to the Chief Executive, Samir Brikho.

Mr Brikho said: "We see incremental benefits from providing all our services not only across our four markets of oil & gas, mining, clean energy and environment & infrastructure but also in each of our geographies. By continuing to work closely together, we can ensure our customers receive a high-quality and seamless service wherever in the world they are operating. I am confident this new structure will allow us to achieve this and so provide access to previously untapped growth opportunities."

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AMEC plc +44 (0) 20 7539 5800

Sue Scholes, Director of Communications

Nicola-Jane Brooks, Head of Investor Relations

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Mike Harrison and David Litterick

Notes

(1) From 2013 onwards, reporting will be on a geographic rather than a divisional basis. Comparatives will be provided with the 2012 full year results

(2) Growth Regions includes AMEC's activities in Middle East, Africa, CIS and Asia Pacific. 

Notes to editors:

AMEC (LSE: AMEC) is a focused supplier of consultancy, engineering and project management services to its customers in the world's oil and gas, minerals and metals, clean energy, environment and infrastructure markets. With annual revenues of some £3.3 billion, AMEC designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets and employs over 29,000 people in around 40 countries worldwide. See amec.com.

Simon Naylor has been President of the Natural Resources Americas business since 2007 and has led the growth and successful development of positions in the core sectors of mining, oil & gas and oil sands. Since joining AMEC in 1993 he has worked across the project life cycle; from consulting to engineering and project management. His experience includes project development, asset support, strategy, customer relationship management and operations leadership.

John Pearson was appointed to the role of Managing Director, Natural Resources Europe and West Africa, in 2007. He joined AMEC from Chevron in 1990 and has worked in a variety of engineering and project management roles in Aberdeen, San Francisco, Baku and London. He is Contractor Vice-Chair of Oil & Gas UK and immediate past Chairman of the Offshore Contractors Association.

Dr Hisham Mahmoud joined AMEC in October 2010 as President, Environment & Infrastructure and has led the growth and expansion of this business globally and across AMEC's markets. Prior to joining AMEC, Dr Hisham Mahmoud worked for URS Corporation and its predecessor companies for 19 years. Dr Mahmoud has a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering from the University of Qatar and a Master's and a PhD, both in Civil Engineering, from Arizona State University in the US, and is a registered professional engineer in multiple US states.