KBR Announces the Appointment of Khaled Abu-Nasrah as President, Middle East

HOUSTON - Tuesday, January 18th 2011 [ME NewsWire]

(BUSINESS WIRE)-- KBR (NYSE: KBR) today announced the appointment of Khaled Abu-Nasrah as KBR President, Middle East. Through this newly created position and appointment, Abu-Nasrah will act as KBR’s senior executive in the Middle East region, providing customers an immediate point of contact and very high-level representation locally.

KBR has for decades been part of the development of the region. The Middle East continues to be of vital importance to KBR’s existing businesses as well as a key part of the company’s future growth plans. The creation of the role is designed to further strengthen the company’s commitment to the area, improving client relationships, building on its existing success in the region, and bringing KBR senior management and decision-making geographically closer to KBR’s strategic clients.

“Having lived and worked in the Middle East for 15 years, Khaled has a vast wealth of knowledge pertaining to the region, and has established strong working relationships with many of our clients,” said William P. Utt, KBR Chairman, President and CEO. “Today, the Middle East is one of KBR’s most important markets in which most of our business units and product lines operate. I am confident Khaled’s presence will ensure maximum benefit to both clients and KBR operations in the region.”

Abu-Nasrah will support KBR Hydrocarbons’ Downstream, Technology, Oil & Gas, and Gas Monetization business units; KBR Infrastructure, Government & Power’s Infrastructure & Minerals, International Government & Defence, and Power & Industrial business units, and KBR Services’ Industrial Services. He will assist the business groups and units in Sales, Strategy, Marketing support, and Middle East Joint Venture management.

“Placing a KBR President in the Middle East is just another testimony of KBR’s commitment to this region,” said Khaled Abu-Nasrah. “I am very excited about the opportunity to better serve our clients across all of KBR product lines, in the same time zone, and look forward to better positioning KBR to be part of the development programs planned in the Middle East.”

KBR is a global engineering, construction and services company supporting the energy, hydrocarbon, government services, minerals, civil infrastructure, power and industrial markets. For more information, visit www.kbr.com.
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