10 CFOs in Defense Technology
Lockheed Martin, Thales, Leonardo and L3Harris Technologies are among the ten companies whose current CFOs make up this defense technology group, with General Atomics, AV, MilDef, Textron Systems, Raytheon Australia and American Rheinmetall. Their records also include treasury at Lockheed Martin, global operations finance at AV and group CFO at Solvay, useful for a defense company weighing a capital plan, a program bid or its next finance hire.
Professionals to explore
Anita Vardanega FCPA GAICD
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Raytheon Australia
Defense finance in Australia is the fit for Anita Vardanega FCPA GAICD, Chief Financial Officer at Raytheon Australia since 2022 following Head Of Finance there (2020–2022); Raytheon Australia's company profile calls it "a capability partner for Australia's defense". Vardanega was Deputy CFO (2019–2020) and Finance & Business Operations Manager (2018–2019) at Leidos, and held a Member Board Of Directors seat at YWCA Canberra (2019–2022).
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Evan Scott
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Lockheed Martin
Treasury and business-area finance questions suit Evan Scott, Chief Financial Officer at Lockheed Martin since 2025, following Vice President and CFO, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (2024–2025). Scott's other Lockheed Martin titles include Vice President and Treasurer (2022–2024), Vice President and Assistant Treasurer (2021–2022) and Vice President and Business Area CFO, Lockheed Martin Space (2019–2021), and Scott began at Lockheed Martin in June 1999.
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Giuseppe Aurilio
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · Leonardo
Giuseppe Aurilio became Chief Financial Officer at Leonardo in 2025, while Chief Operating Officer at Telespazio (2024–2025) overlaps by a month and the CFO title at Telespazio covers 2018–2024. Leonardo titles also include Responsabile Amministrazione e Fiscale (2017–2018) and Responsabile Amministrazione e Bilancio (2013–2017), making Aurilio the one CFO here who has also held a COO title, a fit for questions linking finance and operations.
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Jackson Richardson
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · American Rheinmetall
Since 2024, Jackson Richardson has been Chief Financial Officer at American Rheinmetall, overlapping with Chief Financial Officer at Loc Performance (2018–2025); Richardson's LinkedIn summary describes American Rheinmetall as a provider of "tracked and wheeled vehicles and components" for commercial and defense markets. Richardson was also Corporate Controller at E&E Manufacturing Co, Inc. (2012–2018) and CPA - Assurance Manager at Plante Moran (2001–2012).
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Jeff Stewart
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CFO · Textron Systems
Jeff Stewart has been SVP & CFO at Textron Systems since 2019, following VP & CFO at TRU Simulation (2017–2019). Stewart was also Chief Financial Officer at ATAC (Airborne Tactical Advantage Company) (2010–2017), Bus Area Controller Director of Finance at ITT Inc. (2006–2010) and Controller at Morphix Technologies (2005–2006), which gives Stewart three successive CFO titles to draw on for questions on finance at a defense business.
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Ken Sharp
LinkedInExperience: Former Chief Financial Officer · L3Harris Technologies
Ken Sharp became Chief Financial Officer at L3Harris Technologies in 2026, following Chief Financial Officer at Peraton (2023–2026). Sharp was also EVP and Chief Financial Officer at DXC Technology (2020–2023), Vice President CFO Defense Systems Sector at Northrop Grumman (2018–2020) and SVP Corporate Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Northrop Grumman (2013–2016), so Sharp can compare the CFO job across four companies and the controller seat.
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Liam Kelly
LinkedInExperience: SVP & CFO · General Atomics
SVP & CFO at General Atomics since 2014, Liam Kelly was CFO at GKN Aerospace Sweden (2012–2014) and Vice President & Chief Financial Officer at GKN Aerospace (2008–2012). IMI Industrial Automation titles were Chief Financial Officer - Americas (2003–2007) and CFO Norgren Automotive (1999–2003), a record that fits questions on finance at General Atomics and on CFO roles at GKN Aerospace.
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Pascal Bouchiat
LinkedInExperience: Senior Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer · Thales
The longest current CFO tenure in the group belongs to Pascal Bouchiat, Senior Executive VP & Chief Financial Officer at Thales since 2012, who describes being "Chief Financial Officer of a $ 18 billion sales company". At Solvay, Bouchiat was Executive VP & Group Chief Financial Officer (2005–2012), VP Corporate Finance & Treasury (2004–2005), Group Financial Controller (2001–2003) and Division VP Finance (1999–2001).
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Sean Woodward
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President · AV
At AV, Sean Woodward's titles are Vice President Finance (2019–2021), Vice President - Global Operations Finance (2021–2024), Senior Vice President - Global Operations Finance (2024–2025), Chief Financial Officer, Autonomous Systems (2025–2026) and Chief Financial Officer & Executive Vice President since 2026. The summary says Woodward joined AeroVironment in 2010 and served as Segment CFO, a fit for segment and operations finance questions.
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Viveca Johnsson
LinkedInExperience: CFO · MilDef
A systems integrator "specializing in rugged IT for military, government" and other customers, by its own profile, MilDef has had Viveca Johnsson as CFO since 2023. Johnsson's Nederman titles were CFO Division Extraction & Filtration Technology (2018–2023), CFO EMEA (2016–2018), Group Controller (2014–2016) and Acting Finance Director Germany (2015), a fit for questions on bringing division and regional CFO experience into a defense company.
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Choose the right perspective
For finance across a whole company, start with Evan Scott (Lockheed Martin), Pascal Bouchiat (Thales), Giuseppe Aurilio (Leonardo) or Ken Sharp (L3Harris Technologies). Jeff Stewart and Anita Vardanega hold CFO titles at Textron Systems and Raytheon Australia, Sean Woodward and Viveca Johnsson also bring segment and division CFO titles, and Jackson Richardson and Liam Kelly bring vehicle and GKN Aerospace finance.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How do you forecast when revenue depends on government program awards and contract timing you don't control?
- 02How much internally funded research and production capacity do you commit ahead of a confirmed defense order, and who signs off?
- 03What changes in pricing and cost accounting when you bid cost-plus rather than fixed-price defense contracts?
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