The Board of Leighton Holdings Limited announces that Dr Frank Stieler (52), currently Chairman of the Executive Board of HOCHTIEF AG, has been appointed a Non-Executive Director of the Company .
Dr Stieler joined HOCHTIEF AG in 2009 as a Member of the Executive Board and took over responsibility for the European business. He was appointed Chairman of the Executive Board of HOCHTIEF as of the end of that company’s General Shareholders’ Meeting on May 12, 2011.
Before joining HOCHTIEF, Dr Stieler joined Siemens AG in 2001 as head of the “Industrial Business” of the Power Generation Division and created the Siemens “Oil and Gas” business. Prior to that, he held international management positions for Lurgi AG, an international process engineering contractor and Metallgesellschaft AG, the parent company of Lurgi.
Dr Stieler has a Law degree from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany.
Mr Robert Seidler, who has served as an Alternate Director for Dr Herbert Lütkestratkötter, has been appointed as an Alternate Director for Dr Stieler.
[mappress] Source: leighton,May 16, 2011;