Saab announces Petryszyn as new board director

Saab announced today that former Northrop Grumman executive Mary Petryszyn has been elected to the company's board of directors.

Petryszyn recently retired as a corporate vice president at Northrop Grumman, where she was the first president of that company's Defense Systems Sector. She oversaw "operational execution, financial performance. and strategy development across a broad defense capabilities portfolio to drive business growth in domestic and international markets," according to a Saab statement.

Prior to her role at Northrop Grumman, Petryszyn worked at Raytheon Technologies, Hughes Aircraft Co., and Singer-Link, "in areas of profit and loss, program management, strategy and business development, and mergers and acquisitions," Saab said.