WSP Global Inc. Announces Executive Changes; Declares Dividend, Payable on or About April 15, 2019
March 14, 2019 at 08:00 am EDT
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WSP Global Inc. announced the appointment of Alain Michaud as Senior Vice President, Operational Performance and Strategic Initiatives. In this position, Mr. Michaud will be responsible for overseeing the implementation of high impact initiatives that will support both the improvement of WSP's operational excellence and the achievement of its strategic plan. He will also advise and support executive management, at both the Global and Regional levels, in deploying human and material resources to implement the strategic initiatives of the Corporation. Mr. Michaud, who will join WSP's Global Leadership Team, will report to Alexandre L'Heureux, President & CEO of the Corporation. Before joining WSP, Mr. Michaud was a senior partner at a big four accounting firm for over 20 years and a member of both the Canadian and Quebec Leadership Teams. The company also announced that in March 2019, Mr. Steeve Robitaille, Chief Legal Officer, Executive Vice President, Merger & Acquisitions and Secretary of the Corporation, announced he will leave his position in the next few weeks to assume a new role at another firm.
The company also declared a dividend of $0.375 per share. This dividend will be payable on or about April 15, 2019, to shareholders of record at the close of business on March 31, 2019.
WSP Global Inc. is a Canada-based professional services firm. The Company provides strategic advisory, engineering and design services to clients seeking sustainable solutions in the transportation, infrastructure, environment, building, energy, water and mining sectors. It also offers highly specialized services in project and program delivery and advisory services. Its segments include Canada, Americas (United States and Latin America), Europe, Middle East, India and Africa (EMEIA), and Asia Pacific, comprising Asia, Australia and New Zealand (APAC). It provides comprehensive technical support to the renewable energy industry. Its wind energy specialists help clients in both the onshore and offshore wind energy sectors develop systems. Its services include identification of prospective wind farm sites; resource assessment of wind power stations in high-wind-speed environments; wind power assessment studies and grid impact studies, and electrical interconnection studies.