LOS ANGELES--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Mar. 4, 2015--
AECOM (NYSE:ACM), the world’s #1-ranked engineering design firm,
announced today that its board of directors has appointed Chief
Executive Officer Michael S. Burke to the additional position of
chairman of the board. The appointment, effective today, completes a
planned succession following the retirement of John M. Dionisio as
executive chairman.
Michael S. Burke, AECOM Chairman and Chief Executive Officer (Photo: Business Wire)
Burke, who was appointed chief executive officer in March 2014, has
overseen a major transformation of AECOM. Over the past 12 months, AECOM
has more than doubled its revenue and the size of its workforce via
several acquisitions, most notably URS Corp., and has dramatically
accelerated its strategy to create an integrated-delivery platform with
superior capabilities to design, build, finance and operate
infrastructure assets around the world. In February 2015, for the first
time in its history, the company was designated a Fortune World’s
Most Admired Company.
Burke has served as a key AECOM leader since he joined the company in
2005 and has been instrumental in the evolution of AECOM from a private
company with approximately 20,000 employees to a public company with
nearly 100,000 employees. He was named chief financial officer in 2006
and, prior to his appointment as CEO last year, Burke had been president
of the company since October 2011. He becomes AECOM’s fourth chairman in
the company’s 25-year history.
Dionisio will remain a member of the board of directors.
“I would like to thank John Dionisio for his 43 years of service to this
organization and his many contributions to the engineering industry,”
said Burke. “I am grateful to him and to our board of directors for
their leadership and also for the trust they are placing in me to
execute against AECOM’s vision to be the premier fully integrated
infrastructure firm in the world.”
About AECOM
AECOM is a premier, fully integrated professional and technical services
firm positioned to design, build, finance and operate infrastructure
assets around the world for public- and private-sector clients. With
nearly 100,000 employees — including architects, engineers, designers,
planners, scientists and management and construction services
professionals — serving clients in over 150 countries around the world,
AECOM is ranked as the #1 engineering design firm by revenue in Engineering
News-Record magazine’s annual industry rankings, and has been
recognized by Fortune magazine as a World’s Most
Admired Company. The firm is a leader in all of the key markets that it
serves, including transportation, facilities, environmental, energy, oil
and gas, water, high-rise buildings and government. AECOM provides a
blend of global reach, local knowledge, innovation and technical
excellence in delivering customized and creative solutions that meet the
needs of clients’ projects. A Fortune 500 firm, AECOM
companies, including URS Corporation and Hunt Construction Group, had
revenue of approximately $19 billion during the 12 months ended Dec. 31,
2014. More information on AECOM and its services can be found at www.aecom.com.
Forward-Looking Statements: All statements in this press release
other than statements of historical fact are "forward-looking
statements" for purposes of federal and state securities laws, including
any projections of earnings, statements of plans for future operations
or expected revenue. Actual results could differ materially from
those projected or assumed in any of our forward-looking statements. Important
factors that could cause actual results to differ materially from our
forward-looking statements are set forth in our annual report on Form
10-Q for the fiscal quarter ended Dec. 31, 2014, and our other reports
filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. AECOM does
not intend, and undertakes no obligation, to update any forward-looking
statement.
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Media:
AECOM
Ed Mayer, 732-564-3380
Vice
President, Corporate Communications
Ed.Mayer@aecom.com
