New BAE Systems CEO Has North American Focus

By John Liang / March 27, 2002 at 5:00 AM
BAE Systems' newly appointed chief executive officer is "very attuned" to the corporation's operations in North America, a BAE spokesman said today. BAE announced earlier this week that Mike Turner, until now one of three chief operating officers at the corporation, had been appointed to the top position following the sudden resignation of CEO John Weston. Weston said in a March 25 statement that he had "decided to look for fresh challenges in new fields." Until recently, Turner had been...

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