Royal Imtech N.V. (Imtech) announces today the appointment of Mr. Paul C. van Gelder as a member of the Board of Management of Imtech with effect from September 16th 2013, subject to shareholder appointment at an Extraordinary General Meeting of Imtech to be held on August 2nd, 2013. The Central Works Council has endorsed the candidacy of Mr. Van Gelder.

Mr. Van Gelder will be responsible for the IT, Marine and Traffic & Infra divisions of Imtech and Imtech Spain and Turkey.

Mr. Van Gelder (1969) is a Dutch national and is currently CEO of Nederlandse Gasunie N.V. Gasunie is a leading European energy infrastructure company. Prior Mr. van Gelder was employed at Taqa, BP, Driessen Aerospace Group N.V. and the Dutch Royal Navy.

Gerard van de Aast, CEO "We are very pleased that with Paul van Gelder an experienced, result oriented and energetic business professional is joining Imtech’s Board of Management. The Board of Management of Imtech will take a more operational role and Paul van Gelder fits very well in this profile."

Imtech’s IT, Marine and Traffic & Infra divisions operate in international markets and have a combined revenue of approximately 1,500 million Euro. Imtech Spain and Turkey have a combined revenue of approximately 300 million Euro.