Boeing Comm
ercial Airplanes (BCA) president and CEO Scott Carson has announced he will retire from Boeing at the close of 2009, but will be succeeded as head of Boeing’s commercial unit effective tomorrow by current Integrated Defense Systems (IDS) president and CEO Jim Albaugh.
Dennis
Muilenburg will succeed Albaugh as president and CEO of Boeing Integrated
Defense Systems.
The change in leadership comes just days after Boeing firmed up plans to fly its oft-delayed 787 Dreamliner by the close of 2009 after accumulating more than two years worth of delays.
UPDATE 5:45 PM: Flight’s story is now up. CEO Jim McNerney says the succession planning let Boeing to consider both internal and external candidates for the BCA CEO role. McNerney cited Albaugh’s experience being able to provide “technical oversight at BCA”, a reference to his background as an engineer. Carson’s background was rooted on the business operations side of Boeing, not its engineering side. McNerney says Albaugh has a “working knowledge” of the 787 program. He also added that Albaugh “is the best person in Boeing at this time” for his new role, an important caveat that does not discount the future leadership potential of executives Pat Shanahan and Ray Conner who were both believed to be front runners for the BCA chief position in the event Carson retired.
Additional updates and full internal statements of both Carson and Albaugh are available below the fold.
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