Directorate Change

For immediate release 5 October

Directorate change

Neil Bruce to step down as AMEC Chief Operating Officer

AMEC, the international engineering and project management company, announces today that it is to implement a new organisational structure, designed to more fully support the future needs of our customers. Neil Bruce, OBE, Chief Operating Officer, will leave the business and step down from the board with immediate effect and will pursue other career opportunities.

Neil Bruce said: "I have thoroughly enjoyed my 15 years at AMEC. I am proud of everything the team has achieved and particularly the 26 per cent compound earnings growth we have delivered over the past six years. I would like to wish Samir and my colleagues every success in the future."

Samir Brikho said: "I would like to thank Neil for his hard work and enormous contribution to AMEC. He has been a key member of the team that has delivered the group's growth in recent years and I have benefitted from his experience and his advice on many occasions. He will be a great asset to a future employer."

Further details on the new structure will be announced in due course.

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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.