10 SpaceX finance leaders
Bret Johnsen has been SpaceX's CFO since 2011, and the finance leaders alongside Bret here reach into treasury, Latin America tax, Starlink's European finance, APAC financial operations, controllership, FP&A and division finance. Several came from Broadcom, Madison Square Garden Entertainment, Amazon, Meta or KPMG and eight are still at SpaceX, useful to fast-growing private hardware companies building treasury, international tax and controllership.
Professionals to explore
Bret Johnsen
LinkedInExperience: CFO · SpaceX
Bret Johnsen has been CFO of SpaceX since May 2011. Prior roles were CFO at Mindspeed Technologies (2008–2011), VP Corporate Controller at Broadcom (1999–2008) and Auditor at PwC (1991–1995). More than fifteen years as SpaceX's CFO, after CFO at Mindspeed Technologies and corporate controller at Broadcom, make Bret the person for questions on how the finance function is organized.
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Chris Born
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance · SpaceX
All five roles listed for Chris Born are SpaceX finance jobs: Financial Analyst (2012–2015), Senior Financial Analyst (2015–2018), Finance Manager (2018–2020), Senior Finance Manager (2020–2023) and Director of Finance since January 2023. Having moved up through the same finance group for over a decade, Chris can speak to how SpaceX finance roles and expectations have changed over that time.
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Clarinda Lui
LinkedInExperience: Director, Financial Operations · SpaceX
From Singapore, Clarinda Lui has been Director, Financial Operations at SpaceX since December 2024, described as APAC head of tax and accounting across 30+ countries. Other roles: APAC Controller at Meta (2019–2024), VP Finance, SEA, Hong Kong & Australia at FOX Networks Group Asia (2013–2018), Controller, India at The AES Corporation (2009–2013) and Audit and Advisory at EY (2001–2003). Multi-country finance operations in Asia Pacific fit best.
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Courtney Zeppetella
LinkedInExperience: VP, Corporate Controller · SpaceX
VP, Corporate Controller at SpaceX since June 2024. Courtney Zeppetella was Senior Vice President, Controller and Chief Accounting Officer at Madison Square Garden Entertainment Corp. (2022–2024) and spent 2007 to 2022 at KPMG as Audit Senior Manager, Chairman's Office (2007–2009), Audit Senior Manager, Department of Professional Practice (2009–2012) and Audit Partner (2012–2022). Technical accounting and controllership are the clear subjects.
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David Finlay
LinkedInExperience: Senior Director of Finance · SpaceX
Senior Director of Finance at SpaceX since March 2013, based in Hawthorne, and a board member at Pathways LA since 2007. David Finlay was VP Finance at Leaf Group (2010–2013) and a Senior manager at PwC (1994–2010), and describes guiding one venture-backed startup through a $1B+ IPO and another through a $1B+ equity raise. Fit for questions on finance at scale and on preparing for an IPO or a large equity raise.
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Elle Lisa Boardman
LinkedInExperience: Former Senior Director Corporate Finance Global · SpaceX
Former Senior Director Corporate Finance Global at SpaceX (2024–2025), after Senior Director FP&A Global (2022–2024) and Senior Director FP&A (2020–2022). Since August 2025, Elle Lisa Boardman has been VP, FP&A and Business Operations at Relativity Space, and a member of Chief. Planning roles at SpaceX and now Relativity Space give a direct comparison between how the two companies run FP&A.
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Melanie Anderson
LinkedInExperience: Former Division Chief Financial Officer · SpaceX
Melanie Anderson was Division Chief Financial Officer at SpaceX (2013–2015) and Assistant to the Chief Financial Officer there (2010–2013). After SpaceX came Vice President- Controller & Treasurer at Pacific Life (2016–2019) and a current Pacific Life role listed as Independent Directors & Shareholders, from 2019. The SpaceX division CFO years give a view of how the company's finance was set up in that period.
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Paco Noguez
LinkedInExperience: Tax Director - Latin America · SpaceX
Tax Director - Latin America at SpaceX since October 2022. Paco Noguez was a Partner at EY (2018–2020 and 2021–2022) and Senior Manager - International Tax there (2015–2018), and in between was Senior Tax Specialist - Latin America at QatarEnergy (2020–2021), handling the group's tax affairs in Latin America and Portuguese-speaking countries. Latin American tax for a company entering new markets is the natural topic.
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Roy Lenahan
LinkedInExperience: Treasury Director - Global Cash, FX, Investments & Capital Markets · SpaceX
Roy Lenahan has been Treasury Director - Global Cash, FX, Investments & Capital Markets at SpaceX since January 2023. At Amazon the titles were Assistant Treasurer - Director of Trading, Investments, Exp Mgmt & Capital Markets (2020–2023) and Head of Trading & Investments (2017–2020), and at GE Capital, Director - Global FX Risk & Exposure Management (2012–2017) and Senior Trader - FX, Rates, Repo & Commodities (2007–2012).
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Siobhan Brosnan
LinkedInExperience: Director of Finance, Europe · SpaceX - Starlink
Siobhan Brosnan has been Director of Finance, Europe at SpaceX - Starlink since May 2023 and describes themself as Site Lead Ireland as well. At Prometric the roles were Director, Global Tax and Treasury and Head of Finance Ireland (2021–2023), Senior Finance Manager Controller & Head of Finance Ireland (2017–2021) and Tax Manager EME (2012–2017), and Siobhan was a Tax Accountant at Kellogg Company (2008–2012). European entity finance, tax and controls are the core topics.
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Choose the right perspective
Company-wide finance and controllership questions fit Bret Johnsen and Courtney Zeppetella. Roy Lenahan is the treasury pick, while international setup splits by region: Paco Noguez for Latin America tax, Siobhan Brosnan for Europe and Clarinda Lui for Asia Pacific. Planning and business finance sit with David Finlay, Chris Born and Elle Lisa Boardman, and Melanie Anderson can describe SpaceX finance in 2010 to 2015 from the assistant to the CFO and division CFO seats.
Questions to take into the conversation
- 01How does a privately held launch and satellite company manage cash, FX and investments without public-market funding cycles?
- 02What has to be in place for tax and accounting when a satellite internet service expands into many new countries at once?
- 03How do controllership and FP&A at a fast-growing aerospace company keep up with programs that change cost estimates often?
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