ARLINGTON, Va., July 28,
2022 /PRNewswire/ -- The Boeing Company [NYSE:BA]
today named Brian Besanceney as the
company's senior vice president and chief communications officer
effective September 6, 2022. A
corporate affairs leader with more than 25 years of strategic
communications and government relations experience, including
senior roles at Walmart and Disney, Besanceney will oversee all
aspects of Boeing's communications, such as communications at its
commercial airplanes, defense and services businesses, media
relations, external affairs, employee engagement, and company
branding.
Besanceney will report to Boeing President and CEO David Calhoun and serve on the company's
Executive Council.
"Brian is an outstanding communications executive with a proven
record of leading global teams and helping several of the world's
well-known companies and organizations tell their stories, in
addition to managing complex issues in the private sector and at
the highest levels of government," said Calhoun. "I am confident
Brian will help us build on our ongoing commitment to engaging our
employees and stakeholders transparently as we continue to navigate
a challenging global environment and work to position Boeing for
the long term."
Most recently, Besanceney has served as senior vice president
and chief communications officer at Walmart, where he has been
highly regarded for his strategic communications counsel and his
effective leadership of the company's comprehensive global
communications, including media, social and digital, stakeholder
engagement, and events for the world's largest company.
Prior to Walmart, Besanceney served
as senior vice president
of public affairs at Walt Disney
World where he led external and internal
communications and corporate citizenship, as well as worldwide
government and industry relations for Disney's Parks
& Resorts division.
Before Disney, Besanceney served the U.S. government in key
roles, including as deputy chief of staff to Secretary of State
Condoleezza Rice at the U.S. State
Department, and assistant secretary for Public Affairs at the U.S.
Homeland Security Department. In the early 2000's, Besanceney
served in the White House under President George W. Bush, including two years as Special
Assistant to the President and Deputy White House Communications
Director for Planning. Previously, he served as communications
director for then-U.S. Rep. Rob
Portman and as a public relations and government relations
consultant.
Outside work, Besanceney serves on the board of
Orlando Health, a not-for-profit healthcare system in the
southeastern U.S. with $8 billion of
assets under management, as well as the Institute for Public
Relations. He previously served on the boards of the
Trust for the National Mall and the Florida Chapter of The Nature
Conservancy.
Besanceney succeeds Ed Dandridge
who departed Boeing in June. He will be based at the company's
global headquarters in Arlington,
Va.
As a leading global aerospace company, Boeing develops,
manufactures and services commercial airplanes, defense products
and space systems for customers in more than 150 countries. As a
top U.S. exporter, the company leverages the talents of a global
supplier base to advance economic opportunity, sustainability and
community impact. Boeing's diverse team is committed to innovating
for the future, leading with sustainability, and cultivating a
culture based on the company's core values of safety, quality and
integrity. Join our team and find your purpose at
boeing.com/careers.
Contact: media@boeing.com
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