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Hewson Retiring As Lockheed Martin Chief; American Tower CEO Taiclet Tapped To Succeed

Hewson Retiring As Lockheed Martin Chief; American Tower CEO Taiclet Tapped To Succeed
The Lockheed Martin Board of Directors has elected James D. Taiclet, 59, as president and CEO, effective June 15. Taiclet is an experienced leader with nearly two decades of serving as a CEO for a large, international publicly traded company. He has been a director on the Lockheed Martin board since January 2018.

Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Monday said that Marillyn Hewson on June 15 will retire as president and CEO of the nation’s largest defense contractor and be succeeded by James Taiclet, the current executive chairman, president and CEO of American Tower Corp. [AMT], a global provider of telecommunications real estate for wireless infrastructure. Hewson, 66, who has served as chairman, president and CEO since 2014 and as president and CEO since 2014, will continue as executive chairman of the $59.8 billion…

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