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[글로벌 CEO] 보잉 새 사령탑, 데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun) 누구? GE 출신 구조조정 전문가, 737 맥스 승부수

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[글로벌 CEO] 보잉 새 사령탑, 데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun) 누구? GE 출신 구조조정 전문가, 737 맥스 승부수

[글로벌 CEO] 보잉 새 사령탑, 데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun) 누구?  GE 출신 구조조정 전문가, 737 맥스 승부수
[글로벌 CEO] 보잉 새 사령탑, 데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun) 누구? GE 출신 구조조정 전문가, 737 맥스 승부수
737맥스 기종의 연쇄 추락참사 여파로 위기를 맞고 있는 미국 항공기제조사 보잉의 새 사령탑으로 데비드 칼훈(David L. Calhoun)이 온다.

26일 뉴욕증시에 따르면 미국 항공기제조사 보잉은 데비드 칼훈(David L. Calhoun) GE 전 대표를 새 CEO로 선임하고 1월13일 취임식을 갖기로 했다.
데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun)은 전기전자 회사 GE에서 잔뼈가 굵은 비지니즈 맨이다.

전임 뮬렌버그 CEO는 맥스 사태에 책임을 지고 지난 주 물러났다.

데비드 칼훈(David L. Calhoun) GE 전 대표가 새 CEO로 부임할 때가 까지 보잉은 그레그 스미스 최고재무책임자(CFO)가 임시대행을 맡는다.

보잉은 이와함께 새 이사회 의장으로 래리 켈너 이사ㄹ르 선임했다.

뮬렌버그 전 CEO는 겉으로는 자발적 사임이지만 737맥스 사태에 따른 문책성 인사의 성격이 짙다.

뮬렌버그는 모두 300여명이 숨지는 연쇄 추락사고 이후 미국 의회와 희생자 유가족 등으로부터 강한 사퇴 압력을 받아왔다.
데비드 칼훈 새 CEO는 보잉의 위기를 서둘러 수습해야 하는 막중한 과제를 떠안게 됐다.

보잉 737맥스 기종은 세계 40여개국에서 운항이 중단된 상태이다.

이런 가운데 737맥스 기종 생산도 중단된 상태이다.

다음은 보잉이 밝힌 데비드 칼훈 (David Calhoun) 의 이력

Senior Managing Director, Blackstone Group; Former Chairman and Chief Executive Officer, Nielsen Holdings. Mr. Calhoun has served as Senior Managing Director and Head of Private Equity Portfolio Operations of The Blackstone Group (private equity) since January 2014. Previously, Mr. Calhoun served as Chairman of the Board of Nielsen Holdings plc (marketing and media information) from January 2014 to January 2016, as Chief Executive Officer of Nielsen Holdings plc from May 2010 to January 2014, and as Chairman of the Executive Board and Chief Executive Officer of The Nielsen Company B.V. from August 2006 to January 2014. Prior to joining Nielsen, he served as Vice Chairman of General Electric Company and President and Chief Executive Officer of GE Infrastructure. During his 26-year tenure at GE, he ran multiple business units including GE Transportation, GE Aircraft Engines, GE Employers Reinsurance Corporation, GE Lighting and GE Transportation Systems. Mr. Calhoun also serves as independent chairman of the board of Gates Industrial Corporation plc and as a member of the board of Caterpillar Inc.

캘훈 CEO는 1957년 미국 필라델피아에서 태어났다. Calhoun was born on April 18, 1957 in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. 어린시절 펜실바니아 알렌타운에서 자랐다, 그곳에서 파크랜드 고를 졸업했다. 고교 재학시절 농구 선수와 골프 선수로 활약했으며 팀 주장을 맡기도 했다. He grew up in Allentown, Pennsylvania, where he graduated from Parkland High School in 1975. In high school, Calhoun was one of three captains of the varsity basketball team and he played golf. 1979년 버지니아 텍외계학과를 졸업했다.In 1979, he graduated from Virginia Tech with a degree in accounting.

대학 졸업 후 GE에 입사해 이후 비지니스 맨의 길을 길었다. After Calhoun graduated from college, he gained employment at General Electric (GE). He decided to work for GE at that time due to its close proximity to where he lived in Lehigh Valley. He worked at GE for 26 years, overseeing transportation, aircraft engines, reinsurance, lighting and other GE units, before ultimately being appointed as Vice Chairman of the company and a member of GE's Board of Directors in 2005. Calhoun left GE to join global information services firm VNU as CEO in 2006, which was privately held. Under his leadership the company rebranded itself to Nielsen Holdings, returned to the public markets in 2011, and was added to the S&P 500 index in 2013. In 2014, Calhoun became Executive Chairman of Nielsen, and also joined The Blackstone Group as a Senior Managing Director and Head of Portfolio Operations and a Member of Blackstone's Management Committee. Blackstone had been one of six private equity firms that backed Nielsen's transformation. Starting in 2009, he has served as a director at Boeing, and was named lead independent director in 2018.In October 2019, he was named Chairman of Boeing in the wake of the Boeing 737 MAX accident scandal. On December 23, 2019 he stepped down as Chairman in preparation for becoming Boeing's CEO and President effective January 13, 2020.


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