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Linda Hudson To Lead BAE Systems’ North American Operations

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Tuesday, October 27th, 2009

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By Ann Roosevelt British-based BAE Systems plc yesterday named Linda Hudson president and CEO of BAE Systems Inc., the North American arm of the global company, effective immediately. "My role will be to develop strategies going forward to work with the leaders of the two operating groups and continue to take the company forward both with organic growth and acquisition," Hudson told Defense Daily in an interview. The U.S. business generates roughly $20 billion in sales, has 56,000 employees, in…

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