Aerospace
10 Boeing finance leaders
These ten current and former Boeing finance leaders include Boeing's CFO and its former CFO, along with vice presidents, controllers and division CFOs across Boeing Commercial Airplanes, Boeing Defense, Space & Security and international operations. Readers can learn how Boeing plans, forecasts and reports finances across its commercial airplane and defense programs.
Professionals to explore
01—10Brian West
LinkedInExperience: Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer · Boeing
Former Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Boeing (2021–2025); his profile says he led all aspects of Boeing's financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning. He was Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer at LSEG Data & Analytics (2018–2021) and Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer at Nielsen (2007–2015).
Caty Sacco
LinkedInExperience: Vice President, Finance Shared Services · Boeing
Vice President, Finance Shared Services at Boeing since March 2025. At Boeing she was also Vice President Finance, Controller, Boeing Defense, Space and Security (2021–2025), Division CFO, Vertical Lift (2018–2021) and Senior Director, Financial Planning and Analysis & Investor Relations (2016–2018).
Jay Malave
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Boeing
Chief Financial Officer of Boeing since August 2025; the highlight describes him as CFO of The Boeing Company and executive vice president of Finance, leading financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning, as well as investor relations, treasury, controller and audit operations. He was CFO at Lockheed Martin (2022–2025) and SVP & CFO at L3Harris Technologies (2019–2022).
Kai Xing
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer - Boeing Shanghai · Boeing
Chief Financial Officer - Boeing Shanghai since January 2019, a C-level Finance & Accounting role. Kai Xing was Director, Financial Planning & Analysis, APAC at FCA Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (2016–2019) and Controller & Chief Accounting Officer, China Group at General Motors (2006–2011).
Matt Fishering
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, International Government & Defense · Boeing
Chief Financial Officer, International Government & Defense at Boeing since January 2022, a C-level Finance & Accounting role based in St. Louis. At Boeing he was also Director - Business Operations - Facilities and Asset Management (2020–2022), Sr. Manager - International Government & Defense - Finance (2019–2020) and Sr. Manager Finance Transformation (2017–2020).
Sanjam Khurana
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and CFO, Air Dominance · Boeing
Vice President and CFO, Air Dominance at Boeing since July 2023; the highlight describes the Air Dominance division as including the F/A-18, F-15, F-22, T-7, MQ-25 and MQ-28 programs and the Phantom Works organization. At Boeing, Sanjam Khurana was also Vice President and CFO- Boeing Global Services- Government (2021–2023) and CFO, Boeing Defense, Space & Security Global Operations (2018–2021).
Sidney May
LinkedInExperience: Vice President Finance, Commercial Airplanes Revenue Management · Boeing
Vice President Finance, Commercial Airplanes Revenue Management at Boeing since January 2026. At Boeing, Sidney May was also Senior Director Financial Planning Analysis (2025), Finance Director - Supply Chain - Propulsion (2024–2025), Finance Director and CFO for Middle East and Africa Sales (2021–2024) and Director, 737 Financial Planning & Analysis (2019–2020).
Stephanie Pope
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and CFO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes · Boeing
Former Vice President and CFO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes (2020–2022) and President and CEO of Boeing Global Services (2022–2023). She lists President & CEO, Boeing Commercial Airplanes as a current role from March 2024, and says she leads the team that designs, builds and supports Boeing's commercial jetliners.
Tamela Piacenti
LinkedInExperience: VP Finance & Controller Boeing Commercial Airplanes · Boeing
VP Finance & Controller Boeing Commercial Airplanes since May 2022, a Finance & Accounting role at the President/Vice President level based in Seattle. At Boeing she was also Director of Northwest Accounting Policy (2019–2022), Senior Manager, BCA Accounting Policy (2018–2019) and Senior Manager, Corporate Accounting (2016–2018).
Tiffany Harrison
LinkedInExperience: CFO & Vice President of Finance, Air Dominance Programs - Boeing Defense, Space & Security · Boeing
Former CFO & Vice President of Finance, Air Dominance Programs - Boeing Defense, Space & Security (2022–2024). At Boeing she was also Vice President of Finance & CFO, Strike, Surveillance and Mobility - Boeing Defense Systems (2020–2022), CFO, 747 & 767 Programs - Boeing Commercial Airplanes (2017–2020) and Chief Financial Officer - Engineering, Technology & Operations - Boeing Test & Evaluation (2014–2017).
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Match the leader's business unit to your question, since commercial airplanes, defense programs, shared services and international operations each run different finance processes. Check whether each Boeing role is current or ended and at what level, so you know whether the person can speak to corporate-wide or program-level decisions.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does Boeing forecast costs and margins on long-running airplane and defense programs?
- 02What does Boeing's finance team look at when evaluating a supplier's pricing or a make-versus-buy decision?
- 03How do division CFOs at Boeing work with corporate finance on planning, reporting and investor communications?
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