Amentum announced its new board of directors, effective after the Sept. 27 expected completion of its merger with Jacobs’ Critical Mission Solutions and Cyber and Intelligence businesses.
“Our impressive board is comprised of well-respected industry and business leaders who understand what it takes to address our world’s most complex problems and opportunities,” said Steven J. Demetriou, former Jacobs CEO who will be the executive chair of Amentum upon closing. “This board will ensure strategic alignment and execution against Amentum’s mission of bringing advanced engineering and technology solutions to the most significant challenges in science, security and sustainability.”
Members currently serving on Jacobs’ board of directors are expected to resign from those roles before or upon the close of the transaction.
Members who currently serve on the board of managers of the general partner of Amentum Joint Venture LP — the limited partnership that, prior to the close of the transaction, is the sole equity holder of Amentum — are expected to resign from those roles as well.
The board will include:
- Steven J. Demetriou, who has served on Jacobs’ board of directors since 2015.
- John Heller, CEO of Amentum and a non-voting member of the board of managers of the general partner of Amentum Joint Venture LP since 2022.
- Retired Army Gen. Vincent K. Brooks, a principal at WestExec Advisors, who has served on the Jacobs board of directors since 2020.
- Benjamin Dickson, managing director at American Securities LLC.
- Retired Air Force Gen. Ralph E. Eberhart, who has been on Jacobs’ board of directors since 2012.
- Alan E. Goldberg, co-founder and CEO of Lindsay Goldberg.
- Leslie Ireland, director of Citigroup Inc.
- Barbara L. Loughran, who has served on the boards of Jacobs and of Armstrong World Industries since 2019, including as audit committee chair for both boards.
- Sandra E. Rowland, currently on the board of directors and the audit and human resources committees of Oshkosh Corp.
- Christopher M.T. Thompson, who has served on the board of Jacobs since 2012, as well as on the boards of directors of Royal Gold, Golden Star Resources and Teck Resources Limited.
- Russell Triedman, a managing partner at Lindsay Goldberg.
- John Vollmer, chairman and non-voting member of the board of managers of the general partner of Amentum Joint Venture LP.
- Connor Wentzell, a principal of American Securities LLC and a member of the board of managers of the general partner of Amentum Joint Venture LP.