Engineering group WorleyParsons has stopped employees travelling to West Africa to scout for new projects amid fears they may contract the Ebola virus.
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WorleyParsons is one of the largest engineering companies in Nigeria with an office of about 800 employees.
Its workers travel throughout West Africa to discuss potential projects with governments.
But WorleyParsons chief executive Andrew Wood told Fairfax Media the company was restricting employees' travel.
"We're not sending some of our people to countries that are affected and so those developments are not going ahead until they get it under control," Mr Wood said after the annual general meeting in Sydney.
Although the World Health Organisation declared Nigeria to be free of Ebola on October 20 after eight deaths, WorleyParsons is monitoring the temperature of everyone who comes in and out of its Nigeria office.
WorleyParsons' remuneration report was passed easily at the AGM, with the Australian Shareholders' Association applauding the company's remuneration schemes for being aligned with shareholder interests.
But some investors questioned management's defence of WorleyParsons' poor stock performance, which was attributed to "difficult" market conditions, asking when conditions would become "satisfactory".
WorleyParsons' stock is down 40 per cent in the year to date compared to a 2 per cent rise in the S&P/ASX 200.
Chairman John Grill said conditions in the mining industry remained tough and he was unsure whether falling oil prices would further delay projects.
"Predicting the future is extremely difficult," Mr Grill said. WorleyParsons has not given clear earnings guidance for fiscal 2015, saying only that it is "confident" in its prospects.
The ASA also questioned the tenure of some of WorleyParsons' non-executive board directors, saying they could no longer be considered independent.
Directors John Green and Ron McNeilly have been on the board since 2002.
The Australian Securities Exchange recommends companies assess directors who have served more than 10 years to make sure they are independent.
Mr Grill said WorleyParsons had "a very strong board" but acknowledged long-serving directors could be replaced in their next terms.
