ARCADIS Appoints Jody Debs to the Position of Chief Legal Officer for North American Region

ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the leading natural and built asset design and consultancy firm, announced today that it has appointed Jody Debs to the position of chief legal officer for its North American Region. Debs’ main focus is to work with the North American management team and the ARCADIS general counsel at the firm’s Amsterdam global headquarters to implement and drive global initiatives and be the leading force in oversight of legal matters for the North American Region.

Debs has previously held several positions of increasing authority, most recently as interim chief legal officer, North America commercial contracts and global procurement director, and director of risk for CH2M HILL where she provided legal oversight for the company's North American operations and led a team of contracts and procurement professionals to provide global procurement support. As director of risk, she was responsible for developing and implementing the Enterprise Risk Management Program including enterprise, portfolio and project risk management programs, policies and tools. Previously, Debs served as senior counsel for Bechtel Infrastructure Corporation and was an associate with Mayer Brown Platt (now Mayer Browne Rowe & Maw).

Debs holds a Juris Doctor and a master’s degree from Duke University, and completed her undergraduate work in Economics ad Journalism at the University of Missouri-Columbia. She is also a fellow of the American College of Construction Law and is on the board of directors of Engineers Without Boarders.

"I am pleased that Jody Debs has chosen to join ARCADIS. She brings extensive industry experience, in depth expertise in risk management and contract negotiations and strong leadership skills. I very much look forward to working with her as ARCADIS continues to grow its North American business," said Gary Coates, CEO of ARCADIS U.S.

For more information, please contact Debra Havins of ARCADIS at 303-471-3485 or Debra.Havins@arcadis-us.com.

About ARCADIS:

ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design and consultancy firm working in partnership with our clients to deliver exceptional and sustainable outcomes through the application of design, consultancy, engineering, project and management services. ARCADIS differentiates through its talented and passionate people and its unique combination of capabilities covering the whole asset life cycle, its deep market sector insights and its ability to integrate health & safety and sustainability into the design and delivery of solutions across the globe. We are 22,000 people that generate $3.4 billion in revenues. We support UN-Habitat with knowledge and expertise to improve the quality of life in rapidly growing cities around the world. Please visit: www.arcadis-us.com.