Governance BAE Systems plc

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GB0002634946

Aerospace & Defense

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Executive Committee: BAE Systems plc

Manager

Positions heldSince

Charles Woodburn

54 year

Chief Executive Officer

30/06/2017

Julian Frederick Cracknell

55 year

Chief Tech/Sci/R&D Officer

Anthony Clarke

Corporate Secretary

08/05/2024

Tania Gandamihardja

Human Resources Officer

31/08/2021

Brad Greve

Director of Finance/CFO

31/03/2020

Edward Gelsthorpe

General Counsel

Composition of the Board of Directors: BAE Systems plc

Director

CommitteesSince

Cressida Hogg

55 year

Audit Committee
Compensation Committee
Nominating Committee	07/03/2019
Nominating Committee Chair	31/12/2023

Angus Cockburn

63 year

Compensation Committee	31/12/2023
Nominating Committee	31/12/2023
Audit Committee Chair	08/10/2018
Nominating Committee Chair	30/04/2021
Audit Committee	31/12/2023

Nicole Piasecki

63 year

Compensation Committee	18/02/2016
Governance Committee Chair	01/01/2024
Governance Committee	31/05/2019
Nominating Committee	31/05/2019
Compensation Committee Chair	31/05/2019

Nicholas Anderson

65 year

Governance Committee	31/10/2020
Nominating Committee	14/05/2024
Audit Committee	14/05/2024
Compensation Committee	14/05/2024

Stephen Pearce

62 year

Nominating Committee	28/02/2025
Audit Committee Chair	31/05/2019
Audit Committee	28/02/2025

Ewan Kirk

65 year

Compensation Committee	31/12/2023
Nominating Committee	31/05/2021

Jane Griffiths

71 year

Audit Committee	31/12/2023
Nominating Committee	31/03/2020

Crystal E. Ashby

Governance Committee	31/08/2021
Nominating Committee	31/08/2021

Charles Woodburn

54 year

Director/Board Member

08/05/2016

Brad Greve

Director/Board Member

31/03/2020

Thomas Arseneault

Director/Board Member

31/03/2020

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11-19	Hill & Smith to appoint former Spirax CEO Anderson as chair	AN

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Former Officers and Directors: BAE Systems plc

Insider

Positions held

SinceUntil

David Parkes

Corporate Secretary

29/04/2007

08/05/2024

Nick Rose

Director/Board Member	07/02/2010	30/12/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	07/02/2010	30/12/2020

Paula Reynolds

Director/Board Member	31/03/2011	30/12/2020
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	30/12/2020

Peter Lynas

Director/Board Member	31/05/2011	31/03/2020
Director of Finance/CFO	31/05/2011	31/03/2020

Harriet Green

Director/Board Member	01/11/2010	06/11/2019
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	06/11/2019

Ian King

Director/Board Member	15/06/2011	29/06/2017
Chief Executive Officer	31/08/2008	29/06/2017

Carl George Symon

Director/Board Member	10/06/2008	11/06/2015
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	11/06/2015

Paul Anderson

Director/Board Member	08/10/2009	30/12/2014
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	30/12/2014

Linda Hudson

Director/Board Member	31/05/2011	30/04/2014
Chief Operating Officer	25/10/2009	02/08/2011

Richard L. Olver

Chairman

30/06/2004

31/01/2014

Charlotte Lambkin

Public Communications Contact

30/11/2004

30/11/2013

Lee McIntire

Director/Board Member	16/06/2011	20/08/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	20/08/2013

Peter James Mason

Director/Board Member	21/01/2003	07/05/2013
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	07/05/2013

Robert T. Murphy

Corporate Officer/Principal

06/04/2011

30/05/2012

Michael J. Hartnall

Director/Board Member	09/06/2003	01/05/2012
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	01/05/2012

Roberto Quarta

Director/Board Member	06/09/2005	30/12/2011
Independent Dir/Board Member	16/06/2011	30/12/2011

Ravi Kant Uppal

Director/Board Member

01/04/2008

31/03/2011

George Rose

Director of Finance/CFO

31/12/1991

30/03/2011

Andrew Inglis

Director/Board Member

12/06/2007

08/07/2010

Philip J. Carroll

Director/Board Member

06/09/2005

30/04/2010

Anthony Rudd

Director/Board Member

09/09/2006

30/12/2009

H. Marshal Ward

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2008

R. Andrew Hove

Comptroller/Controller/Auditor

31/12/2008

Guy Griffiths

Corporate Officer/Principal	27/06/2011	-
President	19/06/2011	27/06/2011

Michael John Turner

Chief Executive Officer

28/02/2002

30/08/2008

Matthew Evans

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/07/2008

Ralph F. Meoni

Corporate Officer/Principal

06/02/2008

Alan Garwood

Corporate Officer/Principal

14/06/2011

Ruth Bowers

Chief Administrative Officer

14/10/2007

Sue Birley

Director/Board Member

08/05/2007

Steven Mogford

Director/Board Member	31/03/2000	30/04/2007
Chief Operating Officer	31/03/2000	30/04/2007

Ulrich Cartellieri

Director/Board Member

21/02/2007

Chris Geoghegan

Director/Board Member

31/12/1975

Philip Bramwell

General Counsel

31/12/2006

Anthony Russell

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/2006

Mark H. Ronald

Director/Board Member	31/12/2001	30/11/2006
Chief Operating Officer	31/12/2001	31/12/2005

Michael Smith

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/10/2006

Paolo Scaroni

Director/Board Member

31/12/2003

Andrew Wrathall

Investor Relations Contact

19/06/2011

John Pix Weston

President

31/12/1997

31/12/2001

Peter Gershon

Chief Operating Officer

31/12/1999

Jeremy Michael Wooding

Sales & Marketing

31/12/1999

Ralph Wade

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1997

David Singleton

Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/1996	-
Corporate Officer/Principal	31/12/2002	31/07/2003

Harold Raymond Mould

Director/Board Member

31/12/1991

Mark Bertolini

Corporate Officer/Principal

31/12/1983

Leigh L. Estus

Corporate Officer/Principal

Andre Doumitt

Corporate Officer/Principal

Mitchell B. Rambler

Corporate Officer/Principal

Terence Morgan

Chief Operating Officer	-	-
Human Resources Officer	-	-

James M. Butler

Corporate Officer/Principal

Christopher Stuart Woodhams

Corporate Officer/Principal

William Campbell

Corporate Officer/Principal

11/04/2011

Mark Wilkes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Frederic Borah

Corporate Officer/Principal

Lars Mauritz Röckert

Sales & Marketing

David Dorman

Public Communications Contact

Jay Hall

Corporate Officer/Principal

John P. Viliesis

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kevin Smith

Corporate Officer/Principal

Allan E. Cook

Corporate Officer/Principal

Alison Wood

Corporate Officer/Principal

Michael Portillo

Director/Board Member

Paul E. Rofe

Corporate Officer/Principal

Wayne Agutter

Corporate Officer/Principal

Anthony McCarthy

Human Resources Officer

Mark Hughes

Corporate Officer/Principal

Richard Davies

Corporate Officer/Principal

Guy Johnson

Sales & Marketing

Benjamin Dyer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sarah Bricknell

Corporate Officer/Principal

Cliff Nakayama

Corporate Officer/Principal

Joseph W. Coltman

Corporate Officer/Principal

29/03/2009

James John Pryn Greenstreet

Corporate Officer/Principal

Barry Stauffer

Corporate Officer/Principal

Kellye Sheehan

Corporate Officer/Principal

Douglas Baxter

Corporate Officer/Principal

Jack Walker

Corporate Officer/Principal

Paul McCluskey

Corporate Officer/Principal

Sejal Ierland

Public Communications Contact

21/09/2009

Kevin Shiers

Corporate Officer/Principal

Simon Hombersley

Corporate Officer/Principal

Thomas Herring

Corporate Officer/Principal

Stephen Hugh Henwood

Corporate Officer/Principal

Bill Mawer

Sales & Marketing

Age distribution of managers

Parity Men Women

Male	14
Female	7

Of which Executive Committee

Male	5
Female	1

Of which Directors

Male	8
Female	3

Revisions

Révisions CA 1 an

Révisions CA 4 mois

Révisions CA 1 mois

Révisions BNA 1 an

Révisions BNA 4 mois

ESG MSCI

Environnement

Social

Gouvernance

Polémique

Controverses Ethiques

Controverses sur les droits de l'Homme

Yes

Controverses Subventions fiscales

Conforme à la finance Islamique

BAE Systems plc is one of the world's leaders in designing, producing and marketing defense and aerospace systems and equipment. The activity is organized mainly around three families of products and services: - land-based equipment: combat vehicles, tanks, missile launchers, artillery systems, munitions, etc.; - electronic communication, navigation, and simulation systems. The group also offers ship and boat repair services; - aeronautical and marine equipment: aircraft, watercraft, submarines, etc. Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: the United Kingdom (26.8%), Europe (6.6%), the United States (47.7%), Saudi Arabia (11%), Australia (4.4%), Asia/Pacific (1.3%), Qatar (1%), Canada (0.7%) and other (0.5%).

Employees

109,700

Sector

Aerospace & Defense

Calendar

02-17 - Q4 2025 Earnings Release

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