Amec Foster Wheeler : appoints new Global Head of Health, Safety, Security and Environment

London, UK (18 May 2015) - Amec Foster Wheeler announces today the appointment of Hannah Sesay, as Global Head of Health, Safety, Security and Environment (HSSE), effective immediately.

Reporting to the Health, Safety, Security, Environmental and Ethics (HSSEE) committee of the Amec Foster Wheeler plc board, Hannah will be based in the company's Houston office. In addition to her global role of developing and implementing HSSE strategies, she will also fulfil the role of Senior Vice President, HSSE, for the Americas.

Commenting on her appointment, Will Serle, Group Human Resources Director, Amec Foster Wheeler plc said: "Hannah has managed worldwide Safety, Health and Environment programs for over 25 years, the last twelve of which have been as an executive leadership team member responsible for setting and executing Safety, Health and Environment strategy. I am delighted to welcome her to such a key role for our business."

Immediately prior to her appointment, Hannah was Vice President of Safety, Health and Environment at BAE Systems, a position she held since December 2006. She brings significant experience to Amec Foster Wheeler in the field of occupational safety, health and environment and has worked across a variety of industries including insurance, chemicals, defence, services and finance, both in the manufacturing and corporate environments.

Hannah has a Masters in Environmental Science from New Jersey Institute of Technology and Rutgers University and a Bachelor of Science in Industrial Safety Sciences Engineering and Environmental Health from Indiana University of Pennsylvania.

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Notes to editors:

Amec Foster Wheeler (www.amecfw.com) designs, delivers and maintains strategic and complex assets for its customers across the global energy and related sectors.

With pro-forma 2014 annualised scope revenues of £5.5 billion and over 40,000 people in more than 50 countries, the company operates across the whole of the oil and gas industry - from production through to refining, processing and distribution of derivative products - and in the mining, clean energy, power generation, pharma, environment and infrastructure markets.

On 1 January 2015, the board created the HSSEE committee to replace the ethics committee and extend its terms of reference, (full details of which can be found on amecfw.com). The HSSEE committee provides an additional level of governance to Amec Foster Wheeler's health, safety, security and environmental activities, in addition to ethics.

The core role of the HSSEE committee is to assist the board in upholding the company's principal value of doing the right thing, to review the HSSE policy statement and to satisfy itself that all significant health, safety, security environmental and ethics risks are identified and controlled.

Amec Foster Wheeler shares are publicly traded on the London Stock Exchange and its American Depositary Shares are traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Both trade under the ticker AMFW.

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