KBR, Inc. announced 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., 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. The company 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.