Robert 'Kelly' Ortberg, an aerospace veteran who previously headed major supplier Rockwell Collins, takes over from Dave Calhoun on Thursday.
The 64-year-old aerospace veteran previously headed supplier Rockwell Collins.Robert K. "Kelly" Ortberg is the Boeing's new president and chief executive officer, effective August 8, 2024. Ortberg will also serve on Boeing's Board of Directors.
"I can't tell you how proud and excited I am to be a member of the Boeing team," he said in a note to staff on Thursday. "While we clearly have a lot of work to do in restoring trust, I'm confident that working together, we will return the company to be the industry leader we all expect." The hearing was part of the NTSB's probe of the the midair blowout of a door plug from a packed, months-old Boeing 737 Max 9 as it climbed out of Oregon. While no one was seriously injured in the accident, it put Boeing back into crisis mode just as it was trying to move on from two fatal crashes of its best-selling 737 Max planes in 2018 and 2019.
But Ortberg will have to address issues not only in the commercial jet business, including the delayed certification of new 737 and 777 models, but also in its defense unit. "The decisions made early in his tenure will have generational impacts on the company," he said in a note on Monday.
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