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Boeing Appoints Walmart Executive To Lead Corporate Communications

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, July 28th, 2022

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Boeing Appoints Walmart Executive To Lead Corporate Communications

Brian Besanceney, Boeing's incoming chief communications officer. Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] on Thursday said it has appointed Brian Besanceney as its new senior vice president and chief communications officer, filling a role that has been vacant since early June when Ed Dandridge left for personal reasons. Besanceney, who is currently senior vice president and chief communications officer for Walmart [WMT], will report to Boeing President and CEO Dave Calhoun and serve on the company’s executive council. He starts with Boeing Sept. 6. Before joining Walmart in 2017, Besanceney was…

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