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Boeing To Consolidate Most Of Its Services Work Into New Operating Segment

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, November 21st, 2016

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Boeing To Consolidate Most Of Its Services Work Into New Operating Segment

Boeing President and CEO Dennis Muilenburg. Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] on Monday said it plans to stand up a new operating segment in 2017 that will consolidate the core capabilities that currently reside in its commercial and defense services portfolios.The new Boeing Global Services segment will be led by Boeing executive Stanley Deal, 52, who is currently senior vice president of the company’s Commercial Aviation Services business. Prior to that role Deal was vice president and general manager of Supply Chain Management and Operations for Boeing Commercial Airplanes.Boeing…

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