Corporate Governance
Linda Hudson was appointed Chief Operating Officer, BAE Systems plc, and President and CEO of BAE Systems Inc. on October 26, 2009.
As per its Special Security Arrangement, BAE Systems Inc. operates as a semi-autonomous business unit within BAE Systems controlled at a local level by American management. In May 2006 the CEO of BAE Systems described the "firewalled" status of BAE Systems Inc: " The British members of the corporate leadership, me included, get to see the financial results; but many areas of technology, product and programme are not visible to us.... The SSA effectively allows us to operate in the US as an American company, providing the highest levels of assurance and integrity in some of the most sensitive fields of national security provision."
Members of the board of directors of BAE Systems North America as of 21 August 2011 are: Michael Chertoff, Bob Fitch, Admiral Robert Natter, Lee Hamilton, Gen JH Binford Peay, Richard Kerr, Dr. William Schneider Jr., Gen Kenneth Minihan, and Gen Anthony Zinni.
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