Stephanie Pope was confirmed this Monday as executive vice president and Chief Operating Officer of The Boeing Company, a new position in which she will report directly to the current president and CEO, Dave Calhoun, positioning her as his virtual replacement when he retires.
The executive currently serves as president and CEO of Boeing Global Services since April 2022, the unit with the best margins of the holding, but her career at the company extends for 29 years, having also been vice president and CFO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes between December 2020 and March 2022, CFO of Boeing Global Services between 2017 and 2020, in addition to other corporate roles at Boeing Defense, Space & Security.
In this position, which she will join as of January 1, 2024, Pope will have the responsibility of controlling the performance of Boeing’s three business units, ensuring the fluidity of the supply chain, quality, and technical and manufacturing excellence. Above all, reinforcing the path towards positive margins, absent at Boeing since 2019 when it was impacted by the grounding of the 737 MAX and subsequently the pandemic and the war in Ukraine, with all its consequences on the industry and the supply chain still being strongly felt.
Boeing detailed that the CEOs of the units, Boeing’s Chief Engineer, and the president of Boeing Global will report directly to her, while senior corporate functional leaders will continue reporting to Calhoun.
“Stephanie brings tremendous operational, financial and customer experience to this role, as well as a proven record of performance across our commercial, defense and services business units,” said Calhoun.
“Next year will be a significant transitional year in our performance as we continue to restore our operational and financial strength; and Stephanie will help drive the stability and predictability necessary to ensure we deliver on our customer, employee, regulatory, investor and other stakeholder commitments,” he added.
Stephanie Pope said she feels “honored to step into this new role and look forward to working closely with Dave, our Executive Council and all of our Boeing teammates.”
“Together, we will continue to improve operating performance and remain committed to delivering for our customers, while ensuring the highest levels of safety, quality and transparency in all that we do,” she concluded.
