OREANDA-NEWS. KBR announced today the appointment of Umberto della Sala as a member of the KBR Board of Directors effective January 20, 2015.

Mr. della Sala retired from Foster Wheeler AG., a global engineering, procurement and construction company, on December 21, 2013. Mr. della Sala spent his entire career with Foster Wheeler starting in 1973 and enjoying positions of increasing responsibility culminating in his serving as its President and Chief Operating Officer from 2007 until his retirement and as its interim Chief Executive Officer from October 2010 through September 2011. Mr. della Sala also served on the Foster Wheeler Board of Directors from 2011 to May 2014.

KBR also announced that Linda Z. Cook is retiring from the KBR Board of Directors effective January 20, 2015, to focus on her role as Chief Executive Officer of Harbour Energy, Ltd.

"On behalf of KBR, I wish to thank Linda for her many contributions to the Board of Directors and wish her well in her new endeavors. I am also excited that Umberto is joining the Board and confident that his long experience in our industry will prove to be a great asset for KBR," said Loren Carroll, Chairman of the Board of KBR.

Mr. della Sala serves on the Supervisory Board of Stork Technical Services, a privately held asset integrity management company, and is acting as Industrial Advisor to the Italian Strategic Fund (FSI). In this connection he also serves as chairman of the board of Ansaldo Energia and as a board member of Trevi Finanziaria Industriale, in which companies FSI owns minority participations.

Mr. della Sala holds a Laurea in Chemical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano.