Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

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Item 10. Directors, Executive Officers and Corporate Governance

Our executive officers and their ages as of January 31, 2024, are as follows:


Name	Age	Principal Occupation or Employment/Other Business Affiliations
Brian R. Besanceney	51	Chief Communications Officer and Senior Vice President, Communications since August 2022. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. Besanceney served as Senior Vice President and Chief Communications Officer for Walmart Inc. from April 2016 to August 2022. Prior to that he held executive-level positions for The Walt Disney Company including Senior Vice President of Public Affairs from 2010 to 2016 and Vice President of Public Affairs and Business Development for Disney’s Parks and Resorts division from 2009 to 2010.
Stephen E. Biegun	60	Senior Vice President, Global Public Policy since April 2023. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. Biegun served as senior Advisor to Macro Advisory Partners from August 2021 to April 2023, Deputy Secretary of State for the U.S. Department of State from December 2019 to January 2021, Special Representative for North Korea for the U.S. Department of State from September 2018 to January 2021 and Vice President, International Governmental Relations at Ford Motor Company from April 2004 to November 2018.
David L. Calhoun	66	President and Chief Executive Officer since January 2020 and a member of the Board of Directors since June 2009. Previously, Mr. Calhoun served as Senior Managing Director & Head of Private Equity Portfolio Operations at The Blackstone Group from January 2014 to January 2020. Prior to that, Mr. Calhoun served as Chairman of the Board of Nielsen Holdings plc from January 2014 to January 2016, as Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc from May 2010 to January 2014, and as Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Nielsen Company B.V. from August 2006 to January 2014. Prior to joining Nielsen, he served as Vice Chairman of General Electric Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Infrastructure. During his 26-year tenure at GE, he ran multiple business units including GE Transportation, GE Aircraft Engines, GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation, GE Lighting and GE Transportation Systems. Mr. Calhoun also serves on the board of directors of Caterpillar Inc.


Name	Age	Principal Occupation or Employment/Other Business Affiliations
Theodore Colbert III	50	Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Defense, Space & Security since April 2022. Mr. Colbert previously served as Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services from October 2019 to March 2022; Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Information Technology & Data Analytics from April 2016 to October 2019; Chief Information Officer and Vice President of Information Technology from November 2013 to April 2016; Vice President of Information Technology Infrastructure from December 2011 to November 2013; and Vice President of IT Business Systems from September 2010 to December 2011. Mr. Colbert serves on the board of directors of Archer-Daniels-Midland Company.
Michael D’Ambrose	66	Chief Human Resources Officer and Executive Vice President, Human Resources since June 2021. Prior to joining Boeing in July 2020 as Executive Vice Present, Human Resources, Mr. D'Ambrose served as Senior Vice President and Chief Human Resources Officer for Archer-Daniels-Midland Company from October 2006 to June 2020. Previously, he served in a series of executive-level business and human resources positions, including chief human resources officer at Citigroup, First Data Corporation and Toys 'R' Us, Inc.
Stanley A. Deal	59	Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes since October 2019. Mr. Deal joined Boeing in 1986, and his previous positions include Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services from November 2016 to October 2019; Senior Vice President of Commercial Aviation Services from March 2014 to November 2016; Vice President and General Manager of Supply Chain Management and Operations for Commercial Airplanes from September 2011 to February 2014; Vice President of Supplier Management from February 2010 to August 2011; and Vice President of Asia Pacific Sales from December 2006 to January 2010.
Susan Doniz	54	Chief Information Officer and Senior Vice President, Information Technology & Data Analytics since May 2020. Prior to joining Boeing, Ms. Doniz served as Global Chief Information Officer of Qantas Airways Limited from January 2017 to April 2020; as strategic advisor to the Global CEO of SAP SE on transformation and technology issues in support of customers from September 2015 to January 2017; and Global Product, Digital Strategy and Chief Information Officer of AIMIA Inc. from June 2011 to January 2015.
Brett C. Gerry	52	Chief Legal Officer and Executive Vice President, Global Compliance since May 2020. Mr. Gerry previously served as Senior Vice President and General Counsel from May 2019 to May 2020; President of Boeing Japan from February 2016 to May 2019; Vice President and General Counsel, Boeing Commercial Airplanes from March 2009 to March 2016; and Chief Counsel, Network and Space Systems from September 2008 to March 2009.


Name	Age	Principal Occupation or Employment/Other Business Affiliations
Howard E. McKenzie	57	Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President, Engineering, Test & Technology since March 2023. Mr. McKenzie joined Boeing in 1987 and his previous positions include Vice President and Chief Engineer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from August 2021 to March 2023; Vice President and Chief Engineer of Boeing Global Services from June 2020 to August 2021; Vice President of Boeing Test and Evaluation from June 2019 to June 2020; and Vice President and Chief Project Engineer for the 777 program from October 2017 to June 2019.
Brendan J. Nelson	65	Senior Vice President and President, Boeing International since January 2023. Dr. Nelson previously served as President of Boeing Australia, New Zealand and South Pacific from February 2020 to January 2023. Prior to joining Boeing, he served as the Director of the Australian War Memorial from December 2012 to December 2019 and as the Australian Ambassador to Belgium, Luxembourg, the European Union and NATO from February 2010 to November 2012.
Ziad S. Ojakli	56	Executive Vice President, Government Operations since October 2021. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. Ojakli served as a managing partner and Senior Vice President of Global Government Affairs at SoftBank Group Corp. from August 2018 to September 2020. Prior to that, he served as Group Vice President, Government & Community Relations at Ford Motor Company from January 2004 to July 2018.
Stephanie F. Pope	51	Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer since January 2024. Ms. Pope joined Boeing in 1994, and her previous positions include Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services from April 2022 to December 2023; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Boeing Commercial Airplanes from December 2020 to March 2022; Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Boeing Global Services from January 2017 to December 2020; Vice President of Finance and Controller for Boeing Defense, Space & Security from August 2016 to December 2016; and Vice President, Financial Planning & Analysis from February 2013 to July 2016.
D. Christopher Raymond	59	Executive Vice President, President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Global Services since January 2024. Mr. Raymond joined Boeing in 1986 and his previous positions include Senior Vice President and Chief Sustainability Officer from October 2020 to December 2023; Vice President of Sustainability, Strategy and Corporate Development from April 2019 to October 2020; Vice President and General Manager of Autonomous Systems, a division within Boeing Defense, Space & Security, from April 2015 to July 2018; and a series of other Vice President and General Manager of several businesses for Boeing Defense, Space & Security.


Name			Age			Principal Occupation or Employment/Other Business Affiliations
Brian J. West			54			Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer since August 2021. Prior to joining Boeing, Mr. West served as Chief Financial Officer of Refinitiv Holdings (a London Stock Exchange Group business and provider of financial markets data and infrastructure) from November 2018 to June 2021. Prior to that, he served as Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President of Operations of Oscar Insurance Corporation from January 2016 to October 2018. Mr. West served as Chief Operating Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc from March 2014 to December 2015 and as Chief Financial Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc (or its predecessor) from February 2007 to March 2014. Prior to joining Nielsen, Mr. West was employed by the General Electric Company as the Chief Financial Officer of its GE Aviation division from June 2005 to February 2007 and Chief Financial Officer of its GE Aviation Services division from March 2004 to June 2005. Prior to that, Mr. West held several senior financial positions across General Electric Company businesses, including Plastics, NBC, Energy and Transportation.

Codes of Ethics. We have adopted (1) The Boeing Company Code of Ethical Business Conduct for the Board of Directors; and (2) The Boeing Code of Conduct that applies to all employees, including our CEO (collectively, the Codes of Conduct). The Codes of Conduct are posted on our website, www.boeing.com/company/general-info/corporate-governance.page. We intend to disclose promptly on our website any amendments to, or waivers of, the Codes of Conduct covering our CEO, CFO and/or Controller.

No family relationships exist among any of the executive officers, directors or director nominees.

Additional information required by this item will be included under the captions “Election of Directors,” “Stock Ownership Information” and “Board Committees” in our proxy statement, which will be filed with the SEC no later than 120 days after December 31, 2023 (the “2024 Proxy Statement”), and that information is incorporated by reference herein.

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