Willbros Group CEO Robert Harl To Retire In January, 2015 - Quick Facts

(RTTNews) - Willbros Group Inc. (WG) announced that Robert Harl is retiring as Chief Executive Officer and director when his current employment agreement expires on January 2, 2015. Harl joined Willbros in 2006 and has served as Chief Executive Officer of the Company since January 2007.

John McNabb, II, non-executive Chairman of the Board of the Company, has been elected by the Willbros board of directors as Executive Chairman of the Board on an interim basis, effective immediately. Additionally, the Company announced that Miller Williams has been elected as Lead Independent Director.

The Willbros board of directors is continuing its search to identify a successor to Harl. It is anticipated that McNabb will step down as executive chairman of the board and continue to serve as a director, once a successor has been selected and is in place.