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schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0001357615-26-000177"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "KBR"
cik: "0001357615"
company_name: "KBR, INC."
filed_at: "2026-10-01T21:04:41+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-10-12T14:27:26.000330+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.3
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# KBR adds Rami Qasem to board effective Oct 1, 2026; term runs to 2027 annual meeting

## Summary
- Rami Qasem, 59, appointed to KBR's board effective October 1, 2026, with a term expiring at the 2027 annual meeting; committee assignments not yet determined.
- Qasem was CEO of APEX Industrial Services (2025 to February 2026) and Managing Director of Energy Capital Group; earlier EVP/Chief Commercial Officer of BeyondAI (2023-2025) and COO of COP28 UAE.
- Served 2017-2023 as EVP and CEO, Digital Solutions at Baker Hughes; spent 21 years at GE from 1996, ending as President & CEO, MENA & Turkey (2002-2017).
- Board determined Qasem is independent under NYSE rules and a non-employee director under Rule 16b-3; no related-party transactions under Item 404(a).
- Appointment comes as KBR advances toward the planned separation of its Mission Technology Solutions business in January 2027, with more updates expected in coming months.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0001357615-26-000177
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: KBR
- cik: 0001357615
- company_name: KBR, INC.
- filed_at: 2026-10-01T21:04:41+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.3
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.3
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761526000177/0001357615-26-000177-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/1357615/000135761526000177/kbr-20260928.htm

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