Mustang Appoints Regional Directors to Support Global Expansion

HOUSTON, Jan. 18, 2011 /PRNewswire/ -- Mustang, a Wood Group company, announces the appointment of regional directors to oversee business operations in support of its global expansion.  Appointments included Gordon Stirling, regional director for Europe, N. Africa, Middle East, India and Russia, and Chet Nelson, regional director for Asia-Pacific. The regional directors will facilitate and direct business activities for all markets served by Mustang, providing for efficient and coordinated operations across all of Mustang's business units.

Steve Knowles, Mustang president, said "Gordon and Chet are seasoned leaders, both technically and operationally, and their appointment to these regional roles is critical to the success of Mustang's internationalization strategy of providing engineering, procurement and construction management services in all markets served by Mustang."

Stirling currently has management responsibility for Mustang's upstream operations in London, which serves as a company-wide hub for the Europe, North Africa and Middle East regions.  Besides London, Mustang operates offices in Abu Dhabi, Mumbai and Al-Khobar. Stirling will report to Executive Vice President John W. Dalton, Sr.

Nelson served for three years as operations manager of Mustang's Australian operations and was based in Perth.  Mustang's Asia-Pacific operations are based in Kuala Lumpur.  He will report to Executive Vice President A.J. Cortez.

Mustang provides services to the global oil, gas, chemical and manufacturing industries, specializing in design, engineering, procurement, project management and construction management and offers these services through its five business units: upstream oil and gas, pipeline, automation and control, refining and petrochemicals, and process & industrial. Mustang, a Wood Group company, has offices in the United States, United Kingdom, India, Malaysia and the Middle East. For more information, visit www.mustangeng.com.

Wood Group (John Wood Group PLC) is an international energy services company with approximately $5bn revenues, employing approximately 29,000 people worldwide and operating in 50 countries. The Group has three businesses - Engineering & Production Facilities, Well Support, and Gas Turbine Services - providing a range of engineering, production support, maintenance management and industrial gas turbine overhaul and repair services to the oil & gas, and power generation industries worldwide. www.woodgroup.com

SOURCE Mustang