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Ted Colbert succeeds Leanne Caret as the President and CEO of Boeing Defence, Space, and Security

Ted Colbert has consistently brought technical excellence and strong and innovative leadership to every position he has held.
Ted Colbert will succeed Leanne Caret as the President and CEO of Boeing Defence, Space, and Security business while Stephanie Pope will take Ted Colbert’s place as the president and CEO of Boeing Global Services.

Colbert will oversee all aspects of Boeing’s business unit that provides technology, products, and solutions for defense, government, space, intelligence, and security customers worldwide.

Ted Colbert will succeed Leanne Caret as the President and CEO of Boeing Defence, Space, and Security business while Stephanie Pope will take Ted Colbert’s place as the president and CEO of Boeing Global Services. As president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space and Security (BDS), Colbert will oversee all aspects of Boeing’s business unit that provides technology, products, and solutions for defense, government, space, intelligence, and security customers worldwide. BDS had a 2021 revenue of USD 26 billion.

Dave Calhoun, Boeing President, and CEO said, “We are grateful for Leanne’s dedicated service and I’d like to thank her for her outstanding contributions to our industry, our customers, our company, and our employees over her extraordinary career at Boeing. Throughout his career, Ted Colbert has consistently brought technical excellence and strong and innovative leadership to every position he has held. Under his leadership, BGS has assembled an excellent leadership team focused on delivering safe and high-quality services for our defense and commercial customers. His leadership track record and current experience supporting the defense services portfolio ideally position Ted to lead BDS.” 

As president and CEO of Boeing Global Services, Pope, who is currently Boeing Commercial Airplanes’ chief financial officer, will lead the company’s business unit that provides aerospace services for commercial, government, and aviation industry customers worldwide focused on global supply chain and parts distribution, aircraft modifications and maintenance, digital solutions, aftermarket engineering, analytics, and training. BGS had a 2021 revenue of USD 16 billion. Prior to her assignment as BCA CFO, Pope was the chief financial officer of BGS and was part of the business when it was established in 2017.

Stephanie brings decades of wide-ranging business and financial leadership to her new role. Given her significant experience in all aspects of BGS, Stephanie’s deep understanding of the global services portfolio since its inception and the needs of BGS customers will help accelerate this meaningful business,” Calhoun added.

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Colbert and Pope’s new assignments will be effective April 1. Until her retirement later this year, Caret will serve as executive vice president and senior advisor to the CEO, reporting to Calhoun, to support the leadership transition, business continuity and critical talent acquisition efforts.