Aerospace
10 Lockheed Martin finance leaders
These ten current and former Lockheed Martin finance leaders include Lockheed Martin's CFO, a former CFO, the corporate controller and CFOs of units such as Sikorsky, Skunk Works and Lockheed Martin International. Readers can learn how Lockheed Martin plans, controls and reports finances across its business areas and programs.
Professionals to explore
01—10Casey French
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer Lockheed Martin International · Lockheed Martin
Chief Financial Officer Lockheed Martin International since May 2026; the profile describes guiding the company's international financial strategy, structuring foreign-domestic partnerships and providing financial governance for global bids, alliances and joint ventures. Other Lockheed Martin roles listed are Mergers and Acquisitions Director (2022–2026) and Senior Manager Mergers and Acquisitions (2020–2022).
Craig Happel
LinkedInExperience: Vice President of Business Operations Skunk Works - Chief Financial Officer · Lockheed Martin Aeronautics
Former Vice President of Business Operations Skunk Works - Chief Financial Officer at Lockheed Martin Aeronautics (2019–2024); his profile lists him as retired. At Lockheed Martin Aeronautics he was also Deputy to Vice President of Business Ventures (2008–2019) and Chief Financial Officer - F-35 (Joint Strike Fighter) Program (1997–2008).
Ed Paul
LinkedInExperience: Vice President and Corporate Controller · Lockheed Martin
Vice President and Corporate Controller at Lockheed Martin since June 2022; his profile says he leads a team of over 600 professionals responsible for corporate accounting, consolidations, shared services, benefits finance, accounting policy and financial reporting. At Lockheed Martin he was also Vice President of Accounting (2015–2022) and Director of Accounting Policy, Consolidation, and Financial Reporting (2011–2015).
Evan Scott
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer · Lockheed Martin
Chief Financial Officer of Lockheed Martin since April 2025; his profile says he is responsible for the corporation's financial strategies, processes and operations. At Lockheed Martin he was also Vice President and CFO, Lockheed Martin Missiles & Fire Control (2024–2025), 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).
Jay Malave
LinkedInExperience: CFO · Lockheed Martin
Former CFO of Lockheed Martin (2022–2025) and Chief Financial Officer of Boeing since August 2025, where his profile says he leads financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning. He was also SVP & CFO at L3Harris Technologies (2019–2022) and VP Finance & CFO at Carrier (2018–2019).
Katherine Kerchner
LinkedInExperience: VP & CFO Enterprise Business Services · Lockheed Martin
Former VP & CFO Enterprise Business Services at Lockheed Martin (2008–2018); her profile describes her as a retired senior finance executive with Lockheed Martin Corporation. She has since held board roles at Exostar as Independent Board Director (2018–2020) and Thoma Bravo Exostar Board Observer (since 2020).
Mark Kvasnak
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & CFO, Rotary & Mission Systems Segment · Lockheed Martin
Former Vice President & CFO, Rotary & Mission Systems Segment at Lockheed Martin (2021–2026) and Vice President, Investor Relations at Lockheed Martin since March 2026. At Sikorsky he was Vice President and CFO (2018–2021), Director, Finance & Business Operations (2017–2018) and CFO, USG Helicopter Development Programs (2011–2017).
Melissa Edens
LinkedInExperience: Chief Financial Officer, MFC · Lockheed Martin
Chief Financial Officer, MFC at Lockheed Martin since June 2025. At Lockheed Martin she was also Vice President and Controller, RMS (2025), Vice President of Program Finance, MFC (2023–2025), VP Controller (2019–2023) and Business Operations Director (2015–2019).
Paul Regan
LinkedInExperience: VP & Chief Financial Officer, Lockheed Martin, Rotorcraft and Mission Systems · Lockheed Martin
Former VP & Chief Financial Officer, Lockheed Martin, Rotorcraft and Mission Systems (2017–2021); his profile lists him as retired and says RMS had 2021 sales of approximately $17 billion. At Lockheed Martin he was also Vice President and Chief Financial Officer - Lockheed Martin Space Systems Company (2010–2017) and Vice President Of Finance And Operations (2008–2010), and he was a Board Member of United Launch Alliance (ULA) (2010–2017).
Rita Lei
LinkedInExperience: Vice President & CFO, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company · Lockheed Martin
Former Vice President & CFO, Sikorsky, a Lockheed Martin Company (2023–2025); her profile describes the role as Chief Financial Officer for Sikorsky Aircraft, a maker of helicopters for military, government and commercial use. She has been Executive VP & CFO at AM General LLC since May 2026 and was CFO at Paradigm Precision, a portfolio company of The Carlyle Group (2017–2023).
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Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a business-area CFO at Lockheed Martin work with corporate finance on annual planning and forecasts?
- 02What does program finance look like on a large, multi-year aerospace program?
- 03How does Lockheed Martin's controllership organization handle consolidation and financial reporting across business areas?
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