Kelly Ortberg
President and Chief Executive Officer
2024 – Present
2 years (current)
Legacy
Ortberg leads Boeing's safety, quality, production, and financial recovery effort. Ortberg became Boeing's president and CEO effective August 8, 2024, brought in from outside the company after more than 35 years in aerospace, including leading Rockwell Collins as CEO from 2013 and then steering its integration into United Technologies and later RTX before his 2021 retirement. His appointment came in the aftermath of the January 2024 Alaska Airlines door-plug blowout on a 737 MAX, which intensified scrutiny of Boeing's manufacturing quality and safety culture and led to his predecessor's departure. Unlike his two immediate predecessors, both of whom came from Boeing's finance and internal management ranks Ortberg was recruited specifically for his engineering-heavy operational background at Rockwell Collins, reflecting the board's judgment that Boeing's core problem was manufacturing and engineering discipline rather than financial management.