Irving, Tx., USA - Fluor Corporation, an engineering company, announced that COO David T. Seaton will succeed Alan L. Boeckmann as CEO and also become a member of the board of directors, effective February 3, 2011.
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Mr. Boeckmann is chairman of the board and chief executive officer.
Prior to assuming his current position in February 2002, he served as president and chief operating officer of Fluor since February 2001.
Mr. Boeckmann has served as president and chief executive officer of Fluor Daniel, the engineering and construction unit of Fluor Corporation, and president of Fluor Daniel's Energy & Chemicals group, Fluor Daniel's Chemicals, Plastics & Fibers operating company, and the Chemical Processes & Industrial business group.
Prior to that, Mr. Boeckmann served as vice president of the company's business unit that formed its DuPont alliance and as the functional leader of engineering.
Since joining Fluor in 1974 as an engineer, he has held various management positions, including assignments in California, Texas, South Carolina, South Africa, and Venezuela.
Mr. Boeckmann has been an outspoken leader on the subject of anti-corruption and was instrumental in the formation of the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative in 2004.
Active in a variety of business and professional organizations, Boeckmann serves as a director on the boards of BHP Billiton and the National Petroleum Council.
Mr. Boeckmann is a member of the Business Roundtable and he graduated from the University of Arizona, with a degree in electrical engineering.
Mr. Seaton serves as the chief operating officer of Fluor Corporation with responsibility for overseeing the company's five business groups; operations; health, safety & environmental (HSE); and business development. He was named to his current position in November 2009.
Prior to assuming his current role, Mr. Seaton served as the senior group president over Energy & Chemicals, Government, and Power Groups and was responsible for Fluor's activities in China and the Middle East.
Mr. Seaton has also served as the president of Fluor's Energy & Chemicals Group responsible for the company's global business activities in the upstream, downstream, pipeline, offshore, gas processing, oil and gas production, chemicals, integrated petrochemical and petroleum refining industries including ICA Fluor, the company's joint venture in Mexico
Mr. Seaton has also served as senior vice president and group executive for Fluor's global corporate sales function and had geographic responsibility for the Middle East.
Since joining Fluor in 1984, Seaton has held numerous positions in both operations and sales in the U.S., Europe and the Middle East, including vice president and managing director of Fluor Arabia Ltd., the company's joint venture in Saudi Arabia; and management positions in the pulp and paper industry, mining, metals, and manufacturing industries.
Mr. Seaton serves on the board of directors for The Mosaic Company (NYSE: MOS), many of Fluor's foreign subsidiaries including Fluor Arabia Ltd. as well as the Fluor Foundation.
He is also a member of Fluor's Executive Development Forum, Global Benefits Committee, and Compliance and Ethics Committee.
Mr. Seaton serves as a board member of the American-Petroleum Institute (API) and the U.S. - Saudi Arabian Business Council.
He is a board member of the World Economic Forum's Partnering Against Corruption Initiative and serves on the Forum's Global Agenda Council on Corruption.
Mr. Seaton holds a bachelor's degree from the University of South Carolina. ■