KBR Pledges Commitment for Gender Balance Across UK Defence
HOUSTON – (October 14, 2019) – KBR (NYSE: KBR) is proud to sign The Women in Defence Charter, reaffirming KBR’s commitment to gender equality and pledging its support for a new initiative across UK Defence.
The Women in Defence Charter reflects the UK defense sector’s aspiration to see women represented and succeeding at all levels.
By signing the charter, KBR commits to supporting the progression of women into senior defense sector roles, enhancing their individual and collective impact to the benefit of the UK defense sector.
“Signing this charter reinforces our commitment to be amongst the very best at driving inclusion and diversity and providing opportunities for women to succeed at all levels,” said Andrew Barrie, KBR President, Government Solutions EMEA. “The charter is very clear on what it expects from organizations and in supporting it we are very clear on our own commitment to not just promote gender diversity but to allow it to thrive.”
The UK Ministry of Defence, Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy and Government Equalities Office is welcoming the initiative which recognizes that more needs to be done to greater enhance the gender balance in the sector.
KBR’s gender parity employee network provides the tools, resources and experience to encourage lasting personal growth, enhance professional careers and create diverse leaders within the organization.
More information about the charter and the commitments made by participating organizations can be found online.
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KBR is a global provider of differentiated professional services and technologies across the asset and program lifecycle within the Government Solutions and Energy sectors. KBR employs approximately 38,000 people worldwide (including our joint ventures), with customers in more than 80 countries, and operations in 40 countries, across three synergistic global businesses:
- Government Solutions, serving government customers globally, including capabilities that cover the full lifecycle of defense, space, aviation and other government programs and missions from research and development, through systems engineering, test and evaluation, program management, to operations, maintenance, and field logistics
- Technology Solutions, featuring proprietary technology, equipment, catalysts, digital solutions and related technical services for the monetization of hydrocarbons, including refining, petrochemicals, ammonia and specialty chemicals, as well as inorganics
- Energy Solutions, including onshore oil and gas; LNG (liquefaction and regasification)/GTL; oil refining; petrochemicals; chemicals; fertilizers; differentiated EPC; maintenance services (Brown & Root Industrial Services); offshore oil and gas (shallow-water, deep-water, subsea); floating solutions (FPU, FPSO, FLNG & FSRU); program management and consulting services
KBR is proud to work with its customers across the globe to provide technology, value-added services, integrated EPC delivery and long term operations and maintenance services to ensure consistent delivery with predictable results. At KBR, We Deliver.
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