Board of directors    
 
Dr J M West
Non-executive chairman. Joined the Group in 1964. Chief executive of Keller Group of companies 1982–95. Appointed director of Keller Group in 1990. Appointed chairman in 1995 and became non-executive chairman upon retirement in 1997. Chairman of the Nomination Committee and a member of the Audit Committee. Age 65.
 
T Dobson
Chief executive. Joined the Group in 1966. President of North American operations 1986–99, now chairman. Appointed director of Keller Group in 1990, managing director in 1995
and chief executive in 1997. Member of the Nomination Committee. Age 60.
 
J R Atkinson
Chief operating officer and finance director. Joined the Group in 1990. Group financial controller from 1995–99. Appointed finance director in 1999 and chief operating officer on 6 March 2003. Age 42.
 
R M Rubright
Managing director, Foundation Services. Joined the Group in 1984 with the Hayward Baker acquisition. Appointed president, Hayward Baker in 1994 and president, Keller Foundations Inc. in 1998. Appointed Managing director, Foundation Services in 2002 and appointed to the board
on 6 March 2003. Age 51.
 
R J T Ewen
Managing director,Specialist Services. Joined
the Group in May 2002 from Thales Group, where he was managing director of CityLink Communications. Previously with the Tarmac Group (now Carillion plc) and Jarvis plc. Appointed to the board on 6 March 2003. Age 43.
 
E G F Brown
Non-executive director. Appointed to the board on 13 December 2001. Member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees. From 1998 to 2000 Mr Brown was chairman of Mainland Europe for Tibbett & Britten Group plc. He was previously an executive director of TDG plc and operations director of Exel plc. He is a non-executive director of Quintiles Transnational Corporation, Vantec Ltd, CH Jones Ltd and M H Gerson Ltd. Age 58.
 
P J Lopez Jimenez
Non-executive director. Appointed to the board on
14 January 2003. Mr Lopez Jimenez is chairman of Terratest Tecnicas Especiales S.A. and a non-executive director of ACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios S.A. Mr Lopez Jimenez, who is also a director of a number of other Spanish businesses, was Secretary of State for Public Works and Urban Development in the Spanish Government between 1977 and 1979. Age 60.
 
K F Payne
Non-executive director. Appointed to the board in 1999. Chairman of the Audit Committee and a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committees. From 1991 to 1996 he was an executive director of BET plc with responsibility for finance, planning and development. Mr Payne is the non-executive chairman of Multi Group plc
and of OSS Group Ltd. Age 60.
 
R T Scholes
Non-executive director. Appointed to the board on
7 February 2002. Member of the Remuneration and Audit Committees. Mr Scholes was a director at Dresdner Kleinwort Wasserstein from 1986 to 2001. He is a non-executive director of British Vita PLC and Bodycote International Plc and was formerly a non-executive director of RCO Holdings PLC.
Age 57.