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Insituform Appoints Burgess President/CEO
— Jun 01, 2008
Insituform Technologies Inc. (Nasdaq: INSU) announced in April that its Board of Directors appointed John J. (“Joe”) Burgess as President and Chief Executive Officer, effective April 14, 2008. Burgess has also been appointed to the Company’s Board of Directors and the Strategic Planning Committee of the Board of Directors. Burgess succeeds Alfred L. Woods, who had been serving as interim CEO since Aug. 13, 2007. Woods, a Director since 1997 and Chairman of the Board since 2003, will continue to serve as Chairman of the Board.
Burgess, 49, formerly President and CEO of Veolia Water North America, a leading provider of water and wastewater services to municipal, federal and industrial customers, has over 20 years of experience in the water, energy and petrochemical industries. He joined Veolia Water in 2002 as the Vice President and General Manager for the Northeast business center, and was promoted to Chief Operating Officer in 2003 and to President and CEO in 2005. Prior to that, Burgess served as Executive Vice President for water systems operations for Ogden Projects (later renamed Covanta Water), a subsidiary of Ogden Corp. that specialized in waste-to-energy projects for municipalities. At Ogden, Burgess led a joint venture with Yorkshire Water (U.K.). He began his career at Monsanto Co. in 1981.
Burgess is a co-founder of the Water Partnership Council, a trade association for non-regulated U.S. water companies. The Water Partnership Council is committed to helping communities and companies meet water and wastewater needs in the safest, most environmentally sound and cost-effective manner possible.
