Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) announced today the election of Lynn Swann
to its Board of Directors. He will serve on Fluor’s Audit Committee. The
size of Fluor’s board will increase to 13 members, 12 of whom are
independent directors.
“Lynn’s addition to our board of directors will greatly benefit our
company on many different levels,” said David Seaton, Fluor
Corporation’s chairman and chief executive officer. “I appreciate the
unique marketing perspective and personal energy he brings to the
company outside of our traditional engineering and construction fields.
We are pleased that Lynn has agreed to join us and look forward to
working with him in years ahead.”
Currently, Swann is the president of Swann, Inc., a marketing and
consulting firm he founded in 1976. Swann serves on the boards of
Caesar’s Entertainment Corp, Hershey Entertainment and Resorts (private)
and American Homes 4 Rent. He previously served on the board of HJ
Heinz. Swann currently holds a Series 7 and a Series 63 license.
Swann earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Southern
California where he was an All-American collegiate football player. He
later played professional football in the National Football League and
was inducted into the NFL Hall of Fame in 2001. For nearly 30 years,
Swann was a sports commentator for the American Broadcast Company. In
2006, Swann ran for the governorship of Pennsylvania.
About Fluor Corporation
For more than 100 years, Fluor Corporation (NYSE: FLR) has partnered
with its clients to design, build and maintain many of the world's most
challenging and complex capital projects. Through its global network of
offices on six continents, more than 41,000 employees provide
comprehensive capabilities and world-class expertise in the fields of
engineering, procurement, construction, commissioning, fabrication,
operations, maintenance and project management. Today, the company
serves a global client base in the energy, chemicals, government,
industrial, infrastructure, operations & maintenance, manufacturing &
life sciences, mining, power and transportation sectors. Headquartered
in Irving, Texas, Fluor ranks 110 on the FORTUNE 500 list and had
revenue of $27.6 billion in 2012. For more information, visit www.fluor.com
and follow us on Twitter at @FluorCorp.
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