MDU Resources (MDU) Appoints John Harp as CEO of Knife River

December 20, 2011 8:41 AM EST Send to a Friend
MDU Resources Group, Inc. (NYSE: MDU) announced that John G. Harp has been named chief executive officer of Knife River Corp. He also will continue in the position of CEO of MDU Construction Services Group Inc. Together, MDU Resources’ construction operations have exceeded revenues of $2.3 billion over the 12-month period ending Sept. 30 and have more than 7,000 employees during peak construction season.

MDU Resources also has selected Dave Barney to be president of Knife River and Jeff Thiede to be president of MDU Construction Services Group. Barney and Thiede will report to Harp.

Harp has been president and CEO of MDU Construction Services Group since 2004. He joined MDU Resources when his construction business was acquired in 1998.

Barney was named president of Knife River’s Western Area operations in 2008, after holding several positions of increasing responsibility within Knife River.

Thiede has been president of Oregon Electric Group since 2004 and president of Capital Electric Construction since 2006; both are MDU Construction Services Group companies.


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