BNET Industries

Market Cap:$3.6B
Last Fiscal Year Sales:$6.8B
  • Public
  • US
Dow Jones Description

Holding Company; Chemical Processing Facilities Designer & Steam Generating Equipment Mfr

Chairman, President & CEO
Raymond J. Milchovich
Number of Employees 14,729
Contact Information

Perryville Corp Park

PO Box 4000

Clinton, New Jersey 08809-4000

www.fwc.com

(908) 730-4000

NAICS Code Industrial Building Construction: 236210

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Decision Makers

Name (plus bio) Position
John T. La Duc Chief Financial Officer
Lisa Fries-Gardner Vice President & Chief Governance Officer
Peter D. Rose Vice President, Internal Audit & Chief Compliance Officer
David J. Parham Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing
Brian K. Ferraioli Vice President
Dick Lively Vice President, HR
Thierry Desmaris Vice President & Treasurer
Giuseppe Bonadies Managing Director, Sales & Marketing & Strategic Planning, Global
Rakesh Jindal Director, Tax
Bill Dillon Manager, Sales
Maureen Bingert Manager, Corp Communications
Richard Tauberman Manager, Media & Corp Communications
Everett Thompson
John Doyle Assistant Secretary
Ron Thau Assistant Treasurer
Thomas A. Kowalczyk Assistant General Counsel
Timothy J. Langan General Counsel
Victor A. Hebert Assistant Secretary
Ralph Alexander Director

Board of Directors

Name (plus bio) Position
Raymond J. Milchovich Chairman, President & CEO
David M. Sloan Board of Directors
Diane C. Creel Board of Directors
Edward G. Galante Board of Directors
Eugene D. Atkinson Board of Directors
James D. Woods Board Director
Joseph J. Melone Board of Directors
Maureen B. Tart-Bezer Board of Directors
Robert C. Flexon Board of Directors
Roger L. Heffernan Board of Directors
Stephanie Hanbury-Brown Board of Directors
Steven J. Demetriou Board of Directors

Mr. Raymond J. Milchovich has been our Chairman and Chief Executive Officer since October 2001, and was our President from October 2001 until January 2007, at which time Umberto della Sala was elected our President and Chief Operating Officer. From January 2000 until October 2001, Mr. Milchovich served as the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Kaiser Aluminum Corporation and its subsidiary, Kaiser Aluminum & Chemical Corporation, a leading producer and marketer of alumina, aluminum and aluminum fabricated products. He is also a director of Delphi Corporation, a company specializing in mobile electronics and transportation components and systems technology. Mr. Milchovich, who is 58 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 2001. His term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2011.

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Facilities Management, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current
Foster Wheeler Zack, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Current
Foster Wheeler International Corporation Chairman, President & CEO Current
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation Chairman, President & CEO Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Chairman, President & CEO Current
The New Environmentalist Current
Delphi Corporation Board of Directors Current
Foster Wheeler Constructors, Inc. Chairman, President & CEO Former
California University of Pennsylvania Bachelor of Science degree Former

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Chief Financial Officer Current
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation CFO & Executive Vice President Former
Foster Wheeler International Corporation CFO Former
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Executive Vice President Former
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Principal Financial Officer Former

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President & Chief Governance Officer Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President & Secretary Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President, Internal Audit & Chief Compliance Officer Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Executive Vice President, Global Sales & Marketing Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Controller Former
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Principal Accounting Officer Former

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President, HR Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Vice President & Treasurer Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Managing Director, Sales & Marketing & Strategic Planning, Global Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Director, Tax Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Director, Tax Former

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Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation COO Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Manager, Sales Current
Foster Wheeler Energy Corporation Manager, Sales Former

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Manager, Corp Communications Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Manager, Media & Corp Communications Current

Everett Thompson has resided in the Bay Area since '00, and he currently serves as Executive Member and head of Sales and Marketing at Global Datacenter Realty, LLC. Previously, Mr. Thompson was Manager of Business Development, Asia-Pacific, at Equinix, Inc., the leading provider of carrier neutral Internet data center services and the second largest Internet data center company in the US. Prior to joining Equinix, Mr. Thompson worked at the venture capital arm of Foster Wheeler, Inc., a Fortune 500 company. He has also held senior engineering and IT positions in Asia-Pacific at Foster Wheeler. Volunteerism started at the age of eight for Mr. Thompson, with his family volunteering as a group at nursing homes. He has since participated in numerous for-profit and non-profit community service organizations, including a drug and alcohol treatment program, a food shelter and crisis line, and most recently supporting non-profit programs at the YMCA, the Mayors Youth Employment and Education Program (MYEEP), and the BAY Fund. Mr. Thompson has a B.S. in Engineering from Oregon State University and lives in San Francisco.

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Current
Pacific Autism Center for Education Board of Directors Current
Equinix, Inc. Former
Oregon State University B.S. In Engineering Former

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Assistant Secretary Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Assistant Treasurer Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. Assistant General Counsel Current

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Foster Wheeler Ltd. General Counsel Current

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Burrill & Company Managing Director and Chief Legal Officer Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Assistant Secretary Current
California & Washington Company Secretary Current
Heller Ehrman LLP Member Current
Heller Ehrman LLP Co-Chairman Former
University of California Degrees Former
University of California, Berkeley Degrees Former

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Diane C. Creel is the Chairman, Chief Executive Officer and President of Ecovation, Inc. Ms. Creel joined Ecovation in May of 2003. Under her leadership, the company has expanded its technology offerings through acquisition and exclusive licensing agreements; more than tripled the number of staff; and grown in annual revenues, putting Ecovation in the 2006 Top 100 Companies in Rochester, NY. Today, Ecovation has Fortune 1000 companies as its clients. Ms. Creel was the first woman to hold the chief executive position of a publicly held engineering firm in the United States, as CEO and president of Earth Tech, Inc. Earth Tech is an international consulting engineering firm that provides global water management, transportation, engineering technology and environmental services, headquartered in Long Beach, California. After becoming CEO of Earth Tech in January 1993, the company's revenues grew from $50 million to $1.6 billion including 21 acquisitions. Ms. Creel was the recipient of the Inc. Magazine and Ernst and Young 1995 Los Angeles Entrepreneur of the Year Award. She also received the 2001 Excellence in Leadership Award from Leadership Long Beach, the 2001 Elizabeth Milbank Anderson Award for Contributions to the Arts, the 1999 Silver Achievement Award for Corporate Leadership from the Los Angeles YWCA, the 1999 Legacy of Leadership Award from the American Heart Association, and the 1999 Long Beach Entrepreneur of the Year Award. In 2006, Ms. Creel was named as a finalist for the Rochester Small Business Council, Business Person of the Year, and Ecovation received the Hugh O'Brien (HOBY) Corporate Citizen Award. Ms. Creel currently serves on the Board of Directors of Allegheny Technologies Inc., the American Funds of Capital Research Management, Foster Wheeler, Inc., and Goodrich Corporation. She is also a member of the Women's Leadership Board of the Kennedy School at Harvard University.

Organization Position Status
The Capital Research & Management Co Board of Directors Current
Goodrich Corporation Board of Directors Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Allegheny Technologies Incorporated Director Current
Mobile Environmental Technologies, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Terra Sana Group Board of Directors Current
Kennedy School Board of Directors Current
Teledyne Technologies Incorporated Board of Directors Current
Houston Texas Manager Former
Ecovation, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Ecovation, Inc. President Former
Ecovation, Inc. Chairman Former
Forest Laboratories, Inc. Director Former
Harvard University Post-Graduate Former
University of South Carolina MA Former
University of South Carolina BA Former

Mr. Edward G. Galante served as a Senior Vice President and member of the Management Committee of Exxon Mobil Corporation, the largest publicly traded petroleum and petrochemical enterprise in the world, from August 2001 until his retirement in 2006. From 1999 to August 2001, Mr. Galante was Executive Vice President of ExxonMobil Chemical Company and, from 1997 to 1999, Mr. Galante was Chairman and Managing Director of Esso (Thailand) Public Company Limited. Since 1972, Mr. Galante served in increasingly responsible management positions with Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Galante is also a director of Praxair, Inc., one of the world’s largest industrial gases company and whose shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Galante, who is 57 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 2008. His term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2011.

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Exxon Mobil Corporation Senior Vice President Former

Mr. Eugene D. Atkinson is the founder and has been the Managing Partner of Atkinson Capital, LLC, an investor in hedge funds, since June 2005. From May 2000 until May 2005, Mr. Atkinson was a Managing Partner with RHJ Industrial Partners, a private equity firm. From 1984 until 1990, Mr. Atkinson was a Limited Partner with The Goldman Sachs Group Inc., a leading global investment banking, securities and investment management firm, and from 1990 until 1999 he served as Chairman of Goldman Sachs (International). Mr. Atkinson, who is 63 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 1995. His term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2010.

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Organization Position Status
USEC Inc. Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Conemsco Current
Megatons to Megawatts Program Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Conemsco Current
Complete Production Services, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Omi Corporation Director Current
United States Energy Corporation Director Current
Varco International, Inc. Director Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board Director Current
ESCO Technologies, Inc. Director Current
National Oilwell Varco, Inc. Director Current
USEC Inc. Director Current
Baker Hughes Incorporated Chief Executive Officer Former
Baker Hughes Incorporated President Former
Baker Hughes Incorporated Chairman Emeritus Former
Forest Laboratories, Inc. Director Former
Varco Director Former

Mr. Melone, 73, has served as a Director of the Company since August 1999. He retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of The Equitable Cos., Inc. in 1998, a position in which he served since 1996. He served from 1992 through 1995 as President and Chief Operating Officer of The Equitable upon its formation in 1992 after having served two years in the same position for its principal insurance subsidiary, The Equitable Life Assurance Society of the United States. Prior to joining The Equitable, Mr. Melone served as President of The Prudential Insurance Company of America. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Foster Wheeler Corporation, a publicly-held engineering and construction company. He also serves as Chairman of the Board of Horace Mann Educators Corp., a publicly held insurance company

Organization Position Status
Uhlemeyer Services, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Ascentis Corporation Board of Directors Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
The BISYS Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Equitable Companies Chief Executive Officer Former
The Equitable Life Assurance Society Chief Executive Officer Former
The Equitable Life Assurance Society President Former
Equitable Companies President Former
Prudential Insurance President Former
Horace Mann Educators Corporation Chairman Former
The Equitable Life Assurance Society Chairman Former
Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania member Former

Maureen B. Tart-Bezer served as the Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Virgin Mobile USA, a wireless mobile virtual network operator from January 2002 through June, 2006. From January, 2000 through December, 2001, she was the Executive Vice President and General Manager of the American Express Company, U.S. Consumer Charge Group and from 1977 to January, 2000 served in various senior financial positions with AT&T Corporation including Senior Vice President and Corporate Controller as well as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer for the Consumer Services Group. Ms. Tart-Bezer currently serves on the board of directors of The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc., Inc., a company whose shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. She also served as a director of Playtex Products, Inc., also a NYSE traded company until the company was acquired in October, 2007. Ms. Tart-Bezer, who is 52 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 2008. Her term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2009.

Organization Position Status
The Great Atlantic & Pacific Tea Company, Inc. Director Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Virgin Mobile USA Chief Financial Officer Former

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Director Current
British Petroleum Chief Executive Officer Former
British Petroleum Group Vice President Former
British Petroleum Group Controller Former
British Petroleum Head of Group Strategy Former
Stanford University Master’S Degree In Nuclear Engineering Former
Stanford University Sloan Fellow Former

Mr. Flexon has been Executive Vice President (EVP) and Chief Financial Officer (CFO) since February 2009. In this capacity, he manages NRG’s corporate financial and control functions including Treasury, Accounting, Tax, Risk, Credit Management and Insurance programs. He previously served as EVP and Chief Operating Officer of NRG from March 2008 to February 2009, overseeing NRG’s Plant Operations, Commercial Operations, Environmental Compliance and Risk teams, as well as the Engineering, Procurement and Construction division. Prior to this, Mr. Flexon served as EVP and CFO from March 2004 to March 2008. Prior to joining NRG, from June 2000 to March 2004, he was Vice President, Corporate Development & Work Process and Vice President, Business Analysis and Controller of Hercules, Inc. Mr. Flexon also held various financial management positions from 1987 to June 2000, including General Auditor, Franchise Manager and Controller, during his 13 years with Atlantic Richfield Company. He began his career with the former Coopers & Lybrand public accounting firm. Mr. Flexon holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Villanova University. He is a Certified Public Accountant.

Organization Position Status
NRG Energy, Inc. Executive Vice President & Chief Operating Officer Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Hercules Incorporated Vice President, Corporate Development Former
Hercules Incorporated Controller Former
Villanova University Bachelor of Science Degree In Accounting Former

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Ms. Stephanie Hanbury-Brown is the Managing Director of Golden Seeds LLC, which provides investment capital to early stage, high growth companies. Prior to that, she spent 20 years working in the financial services industry in Sydney, London and New York. The majority of her career was with J.P. Morgan, where she headed several global businesses including Global Head of Futures and Options, Head of International Private Banking, Chief Operating Officer of Global Equities and Head of eCommerce. She is currently a member of the board of directors of Artemis Woman, a private company, as well as Count Me In, a not-for-profit organization. Ms. Hanbury-Brown, who is 51 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 2004. Her term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2010.

Organization Position Status
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current

Mr. Steven J. Demetriou has been the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Aleris International, Inc., a producer of aluminum rolled products since December 2004. From June 2004 to December 2004, Mr. Demetriou served as President, Chief Executive Officer, and Director of Commonwealth Industries, Inc., a manufacturer of aluminum sheet and flexible aluminum conduit, and from 2001 until June 2004, Mr. Demetriou served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Noveon, Inc., a specialty chemical company. Mr. Demetriou has also held various management and leadership positions with IMC Global Inc., Cytec Industries Inc., and Exxon Mobil Corporation. Mr. Demetriou is also a director of OM Group, Inc., a diversified, global developer, producer and marketer of value-added, metal-based specialty chemicals and advanced materials and whose shares are publicly traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Mr. Demetriou, who is 49 years old, became a member of our Board of Directors in 2008. His term will expire at our annual general meeting in 2010

Organization Position Status
Commonwealth Industries Chief Executive Officer Current
Dr. Demetriou Pediatric Dentist Current
American Dental Association Board of Directors Current
The American Orthodontic Society Board of Directors Current
American Academy of Pediatric Dentistry Board of Directors Current
OM Group, Inc. Board of Directors Current
Greater Cleveland Board of Directors Current
Cleveland Zoological Society Board of Directors Current
Commonwealth Industries Director Current
ElkCorp Board of Directors Current
Foster Wheeler Ltd. Board of Directors Current
Noveon, Inc. Chief Executive Officer Former
Aleris Recycling and Alloys Chairman, President & CEO Former
Cytec Industries, Inc. President Former
Commonwealth Industries President Former
Noveon, Inc. President Former
IMC Global Inc. Executive Vice President Former
Cytec Industries, Inc. Vice President, Global Specialty Resins Former
Noveon, Inc. Global Producer Former
Aleris International, Inc. Director Former
Tufts University DMD Degree Former
Tufts University B.S. Degree In Chemical Engineering Former
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     FWLT $29.08 +0.58 (2.04% )
Average Volume 2,630,440
Shares Outstanding 126.42M
Market Cap 3.7B
Year High 35.82
Year Low 12.73
Earnings Per Share N/A
P/E Ratio -
Dividend N/A
Yield N/A
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