Foster Wheeler Names Kent Masters as Chief Executive Officer

Foster Wheeler FWLT announced today that its board of directors has approved a senior leadership succession plan under which J. Kent Masters, 50, will become the company's Chief Executive Officer, effective October 1, 2011. It is expected that he will stand for election to the company's board of directors as soon as practicable after October 1. Umberto della Sala, 63, will continue to serve as Interim Chief Executive Officer through September 30 and then will continue with the company in his ongoing roles as President and Chief Operating Officer, CEO of the company's Global Engineering and Construction Group and member of the board of directors.