ARCADIS NV February 19, 2015 - ARCADIS (EURONEXT: ARCAD), the world's leading natural and built asset design & consultancy firm, today announced that Neil McArthur, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Executive Board, has accepted to be nominated for re-appointment to the company's Executive Board for another four year term in the same position. The re-appointment will be put before shareholders at the upcoming General Meeting of Shareholders in May 2015.
In May 2011, shareholders appointed Neil McArthur to the ARCADIS Executive Board for a four year term which started per September 1, 2011. In January 2012 it was announced that Neil McArthur was to succeed Harrie Noy as CEO of ARCADIS. Since that time, he has developed the 2014- 2016 strategy focused on performance, collaboration and growth. He implemented a new operating model that can leverage the ARCADIS value propositions globally and build on the strength of global collaboration. He successfully led the integration of both EC Harris and Langdon & Seah making these companies an integrated part of ARCADIS. He subsequently guided the company to two large acquisitions: Callison, a leading 1,000 people design and architecture firm; and Hyder, a ~5,000 people international consulting engineering firm. Now the Supervisory Board has nominated Neil McArthur for reappointment per the General Meeting of Shareholders in May of 2015 for a period of four years.
Mr. Niek Hoek, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of ARCADIS on the re-appointment: "We are impressed with the pace of change Neil is applying to ARCADIS. The more inclusive and collaborative strategy, clear business choices and targeted change in underperforming areas of the company have all been successful. We look forward to working with Neil to make ARCADIS leading in its industry."
For more information please contact Joost Slooten at +31 (0) 20 2011083, or outside office hours at +31 (0) 6 27061880 or joost.slooten@arcadis.com:
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About ARCADIS: ARCADIS is the leading global natural and built asset design & 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 28,000 people that generate €3 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.com:
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