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Randy Harl was elected Chief Executive Officer in January of 2007, in addition to his duties as President of Willbros Group, Inc. He joined Willbros in January 2006 to serve as President and Chief Operating Officer of Willbros Group, Inc., as well as a member of the Board of Directors. Mr. Harl has over 30 years experience working with Kellogg Brown & Root ("KBR") and its subsidiaries in a variety of officer capacities, serving as President of several of the Brown & Root business units. Mr. Harl's experience includes executive management responsibilities for units serving both upstream and downstream oil and gas sectors as well as power, government and infrastructure sectors. He was President and CEO of KBR from March 2001 until July 2004 when he was appointed Chairman.
 




Van Welch
joined Willbros in 2006 as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Willbros Group, Inc.  Mr. Welch has over 28 years of experience in project controls, administrative and finance positions with KBR, Inc. (formerly known as Kellogg Brown & Root), a global engineering, construction and services company, and its subsidiaries, serving most recently as Vice President – Finance and Investor Relations and as a member of KBR’s executive leadership team. From 1998 to 2006, Mr. Welch held various other positions with KBR including Vice President, Accounting and Finance of the Engineering and Construction Division, Vice President, Accounting and Finance of Onshore Operations and Senior Vice President of Shared Services. Mr. Welch is a Certified Public Accountant.
 


Jerrit M. Coward joined Willbros in 2002 as a Project Manager, and assumed full operations responsibility for the Company’s Nigerian operations in 2005, overseeing the discontinuation and sale of the Company’s Nigerian interests.  He was promoted to President of the Upstream Oil and Gas Segment in January 2008.  Mr. Coward previously worked for Global Industries serving as Project Manager, Operations Manager and Commercial Manager.  He has held foreign assignments in Nigeria and Mexico as well as executing international projects in various countries.  Mr. Coward has worked his entire professional career in the oil and gas construction industry.  He holds a B.S in engineering from Texas A&M at Galveston.