Boeing has announced the election of Robert K. “Kelly” Ortberg as its new president and chief executive officer, effective 8 August 2024. Ortberg will also join Boeing’s Board of Directors.
Ortberg will succeed Dave Calhoun, who announced his retirement earlier this year after serving as president and CEO since January 2020 and as a board member since 2009.
Steven Mollenkopf, Chair of the Board, stated, “The Board conducted a thorough and extensive search process over the last several months to select the next CEO of Boeing, and Kelly has the right skills and experience to lead Boeing in its next chapter. Kelly is an experienced leader who is deeply respected in the aerospace industry, with a well-earned reputation for building strong teams and running complex engineering and manufacturing companies. We look forward to working with him as he leads Boeing through this consequential period in its long history.”
Mollenkopf also expressed gratitude to Calhoun: “The Board would also like to thank Dave Calhoun for his strong leadership at Boeing, first as Chair and then as CEO, when he stepped in to steer the company through the challenges of recent years.”
Ortberg, 64, remarked, “I’m extremely honoured and humbled to join this iconic company. Boeing has a tremendous and rich history as a leader and pioneer in our industry, and I’m committed to working together with the more than 170,000 dedicated employees of the company to continue that tradition, with safety and quality at the forefront. There is much work to be done, and I’m looking forward to getting started.”
Ortberg brings over 35 years of aerospace leadership experience to Boeing. He began his career in 1983 as an engineer at Texas Instruments, later joining Rockwell Collins in 1987 as a programme manager and rising through the ranks to become its president and CEO in 2013. He led Rockwell Collins through its integration with United Technologies and RTX until his retirement from RTX in 2021. Ortberg has served on the Board of Directors of RTX and currently serves on the Board of Directors of Aptiv PLC. He is also the former Chair of the Aerospace Industries Association (AIA) Board of Governors.
Ortberg holds a bachelor’s degree in mechanical engineering from the University of Iowa.
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