7 January 2010

Costain Energy & Process has announced two key appointments.

Andrew Pennington will be taking Strategy & Business Development Director and Martin Land becomes Power Sector Director.

Andrew has more than twenty years experience in the oil & gas and nuclear industries. He has an honours degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Surrey and an MBA from Cranfield School of Management. Andrew's responsibilities will include developing long term strategies to achieve the Company's growth targets in the energy and process sectors.

Martin joins Costain from E.ON where he held responsibility for the development of a portfolio of power projects with a potential installed capacity over 5 GW. His early career began with ICI in the North West. He subsequently held positions of increasing responsibility with other blue-chip organisations including Alstom, Westinghouse and Bechtel. He has both domestic and overseas experience in the bidding and execution of power plant projects.

Martin has an honours degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Nottingham and is a member of the Association of Project Managers. His role will be key in the development of Costain's business in the power sector.

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