Boeing on Wednesday named aerospace replace ragged Robert “Kelly” Ortberg as its original president and CEO.
He will be triumphant Dave Calhoun, who earlier this year announced his way to retire from the company, having served as president and CEO since January 2020, and as a member of Boeing’s Board of Directors since 2009.
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“The Board conducted an intensive and broad search project over the closing several months to desire the next CEO of Boeing and Kelly has the handsome abilities and journey to steer Boeing in its subsequent chapter,” said Steven Mollenkopf, Chair of the Board. “Kelly is an experienced chief who’s deeply respected in the aerospace replace, with a properly-earned reputation for building robust groups and running complex engineering and manufacturing companies. We look forward to working with him as he leads Boeing via this consequential interval in its long history.”
“The Board would also desire to thank Dave Calhoun for his robust leadership at Boeing, first as Chair and then as CEO, when he stepped in to steer the company via the challenges of latest years,” added Mollenkopf.
“I’m extremely honored and humbled to join this iconic company,” said Ortberg. “Boeing has a mountainous and filthy rich history as a stir-setter and pioneer in our replace, and I’m dedicated to working along with the extra than 170,000 devoted staff of the company to proceed that tradition, with safety and quality on the forefront. There is a lot work to be carried out, and I’m looking ahead to getting started.”
Ortberg, 64, brings over 35 years of aerospace leadership to this discipline. He started his profession in 1983 as an engineer at Texas Devices, and then joined Rockwell Collins in 1987 as a program supervisor and held an increasing number of vital leadership positions on the company sooner than changing into its president and CEO in 2013. After five years leading Rockwell Collins, he urged the company’s integration with United Technologies and RTX except his retirement from RTX in 2021. He has held a series of vital leadership posts in replace, including serving on the Board of Directors of RTX. Moreover, he serves on the Board of Directors of Aptiv PLC, a global technology company and an replace chief in vehicle methods architecture. He is the ragged Chair of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors.
Ortberg holds a bachelor’s level in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa.
