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Former BIW President Lesko Appointed President of Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding

Former BIW President Lesko Appointed President of Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding
Dirk Lesko, incoming president of Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding, set to assume the role in September 2022. Lesko abruptly resigned as president of General Dynamics Bath Iron Worksin April 2022. (Photo: Irving Shipbuilding Inc.).

Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc. said on July 5 that former former head of General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works (BIW) [GD] Dirk Lesko was appointed president of the company.  Lesko abruptly resigned as president of BIW in April, without any company statement explaining the reason for his resignation. He led BIW from 2017 to 2022 (Defense Daily, April 8). Ultimately, in May GD selected Charles Krugh, executive of subsidiary Gulfstream Aerospace, to become the new permanent president of BIW (Defense Daily,…

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