KBR Names Stuart Bradie As President And CEO - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - KBR Inc. (KBR) announced that it has appointed Stuart Bradie as its President and Chief Executive Officer, effective June 2, 2014. Bradie will lead the business from its global headquarters in Houston, Texas.

Bradie succeeds William "Bill" Utt, who is retiring. It is also intended that Bradie will be appointed as a member of KBR's Board of Directors when he joins KBR.

Bradie has more than 25 years of industry experience and joins KBR from WorleyParsons, where he held the position of Group Managing Director - Operations and Delivery.

In that role, Bradie led the Group's global operations, project delivery and assurance. He was previously Managing Director responsible for Operations in Europe, Africa, Asia and the Middle East. Before joining WorleyParsons in 2001, he held Managing Director and Country Manager positions with PT Kvaerner Indonesia and Kvaerner Philippines from 1996 to 2001.