LNG engineer Bechtel on Tuesday said Brendan Bechtel has been named the company’s Chief Executive Officer, effective September 1, 2016.
Brendan Bechtel, current president and COO takes over from Bill Dudley who will become vice-chairman of the Bechtel Group, the global enterprise that includes all of the Bechtel Companies.
Additionally, Bechtel said in its statement, that Jack Futcher, president of the company’s oil, gas & chemicals business will become president & COO of Bechtel Group.
Dudley, who has served as CEO since 2014, president & COO from 2008-2014, and a member of the board of directors since 2000, is the first non-family member named CEO since the company’s founding 118 years ago.
Brendan Bechtel becomes the fifth-generation family member to lead Bechtel as its chief executive.
He was appointed president & COO and elected to the board in 2014, and in his current role, he has led performance improvements across the business. Previously, he served in a variety of operational and executive roles including president of OG&C, general manager of its liquefied natural gas business and numerous field assignments around the world.
Jack Futcher who will become president & COO helped the company diversify and grow in the LNG sector. He also served as global manager of procurement, as a project manager on energy projects, as president of the power business, and as executive sponsor for the Mining & Metals business.
[mappress mapid=”18028″]