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Business/Financial

Boeing’s Caret To Retire, Will Be Succeeded By Services Chief Colbert

By Cal Biesecker

Monday, March 28th, 2022

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Boeing’s Caret To Retire, Will Be Succeeded By Services Chief Colbert

Ted Colbert, president and CEO of Boeing Defense, Space & Security. Photo: Boeing

Boeing [BA] on Monday said that Leanne Caret, president and CEO of the company’s $26 billion defense business, will retire later this year and be succeed by Ted Colbert, who runs Boeing’s services segment, effective April 1. Colbert will be succeeded as president and CEO of the $16 billion Boeing Global Services (BGS) operations by Stephanie Pope, who is chief financial officer for Boeing’s Commercial Airplanes segment and previously was the finance chief for BGS. Caret has led Boeing Defense,…

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