KBR - Leadership updates

HOUSTON, Nov. 03, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today that its joint venture, Brown & Root Industrial Services, has signed a definitive agreement to acquire Specialty Welding and Turnarounds (SWAT), a leading provider of turnaround, cooling tower, and industrial catalyst services. This strategic acquisition will create one of the largest specialty welding and turnaround service providers in North America. Founded in 2014 and headquartered in Gonzales, Louisiana, SWAT delivers critical industrial solutions to blue-chip customers across the refinery, petrochemical, and renewables sectors. With operations in 22 states and a network of 32,000 highly skilled professionals,

HOUSTON, Aug. 07, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today the appointment of Huibert H. Vigeveno to its board of directors effective August 5, 2025. Mr. Vigeveno, 55, brings a wealth of energy and industrial sector expertise to KBR's board, a result of his 30 years of distinguished service with Shell. Mr. Vigeveno joined Shell in the U.K. in 1995 and gained significant sales, marketing, strategy and general management experience across the enterprise. Mr. Vigeveno also has substantial experience with mergers, acquisitions and similar strategic transactions. From January 2020 to March 2025, he served as a member of Shell plc's executive committee and as director of Downstre

HOUSTON, Feb. 24, 2025 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR, Inc. (NYSE:KBR) announced today that the independent directors of the KBR Board have unanimously elected Lt. General Wendy M. Masiello as Lead Independent Director, effective as of KBR's 2025 annual meeting of stockholders to be held in May 2025. Lt. General Masiello has served on KBR's Board of Directors since August 2017, including as the current Chair of the Cybersecurity Committee and a member of the Compensation Committee and Sustainability & Corporate Responsibility Committee. A three-star General of the U.S. Air Force, Lt. Gen

HOUSTON, Aug. 12, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today the appointment of Nchacha E. Etta to its Board of Directors effective August 12, 2024. Nchacha E. Etta is executive vice president and chief financial officer of Omnicell, Inc., a multinational healthcare technology company. His breadth of finance and accounting experience stems from leading and working in global finance organizations across the healthcare and consumer products industries for more than 20 years. Prior to joining Omnicell, Mr. Etta served as senior vice president and chief financial officer

HOUSTON, Dec. 18, 2023 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) is pleased to join forces with The Henry M. Jackson Foundation for the Advancement of Military Medicine (HJF) on an important contract to support neuroscience research for service members. This new award will specifically focus on those affected by traumatic brain injuries. Research will be done in collaboration with the Uniformed Services University (the nation's only federal health sciences university), and the University of California San Francisco (UCSF). Under the terms of the Service Personnel Advancing Research in Ch

LOUISVILLE, KY / ACCESSWIRE / October 18, 2022 / Charah® Solutions, Inc. (NYSE:CHRA) ("Charah Solutions" or the "Company"), a leading provider of environmental services and byproduct recycling to the power generation industry, today announced the appointment of Jonathan Batarseh as Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer, effective October 17, 2022. Mr. Batarseh, who will report to Chief Executive Officer and President Scott Sewell, is responsible for overseeing accounting, financial planning and analysis, tax, treasury, investor relations, information technology, fleet, and procurement initiatives."We welcome Jonathan to the Charah Solutions team," said Mr. Sewell. "He brings proven experienc

HOUSTON, Oct. 25, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today the appointment of Sonia Galindo as Executive Vice President and General Counsel. Ms. Galindo joins KBR from FLIR Systems, Inc. (now, Teledyne F LLC, a subsidiary of Teledyne Technologies), a global technology company with applications in government & defense, industrial, and commercial markets, where she served as Senior Vice President, General Counsel, Secretary, and Chief Ethics and Compliance Officer. Prior to FLIR, Ms. Galindo served as General Counsel and Corporate Secretary at Rosetta Stone Inc., an e

HOUSTON, July 7, 2021 /PRNewswire/ -- KBR (NYSE:KBR) announced today the appointments of Carlos A. Sabater and Lt. General Vincent R. Stewart, USMC (Ret.) to its Board of Directors effective June 30, 2021. Mr. Sabater is an accomplished global business executive, licensed certified public accountant, and qualified board of directors financial expert. Mr. Sabater is currently a member of PDC Energy's Board of Directors, serving on the Audit and Compensation Committees. Mr. Sabater recently retired as a senior global partner from Deloitte & Touche LLP ("Deloitte") where he held