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Business/Financial

Havenstein To Retire As SAIC’s CEO Next June

Defense Daily Staff

Tuesday, October 4th, 2011

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Two years after taking over the top job at SAIC [SAI], the company said yesterday that Walt Havenstein will be retiring as CEO effective June 15, 2012 for personal reasons. Havenstein’s departure is a surprise, but he will help SAIC through what it hopes will be an orderly transition. “The board of directors will conduct a thorough and thoughtful search for a successor, considering internal and external candidates,” Havenstein said in a statement. “The transition plan we have adopted will…

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