Boeing has announced Stephanie Pope as its new executive vice president and chief operating officer. The newly created position will be effective as of January 1, 2024.
Pope will oversee the performance of the company’s three business units with responsibility for driving supply chain, quality, manufacturing, and engineering excellence across the company. Pope along with senior corporate functional leaders will report to Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun. The business unit chief executive officers, chief engineer, and president of Boeing Global will report to Pope.
“Stephanie brings tremendous operational, financial and customer experience to this role, as well as a proven record of performance across our commercial, defence and services business units,” said Calhoun.”
Pope has been in service at Boeing for 29 years and has held a number of leadership positions, with her previous role as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services since April, 2022. Prior to this, she served as CFO for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
“Next year will be a significant transitional year in our performance as we continue to restore our operational and financial strength,” continued Calhoun. “Stephanie will help drive the stability and predictability necessary to ensure we deliver on our customer, employee, regulatory, investor and other stakeholder commitments.”
Pope’s successor to lead Boeing Global Services will be named at a later date, Boeing stated.