Largest Boeing Supplier Names New Boss in Surprise CEO Move
- Spirit Aerosystems picks GE veteran Tom Gentile to take helm
- Lawson to retire after turning around key supplier for 737
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In a surprise announcement, Spirit Aerosystems Inc. said 58-year-old Chief Executive Officer Larry Lawson is retiring July 31 after a three-year tenure in which he turned around the aerospace manufacturer spun out of Boeing Co. He will be replaced by Tom Gentile, who joined Spirit on April 1.
Gentile, 51, had been viewed as Lawson’s heir apparent since being named chief operating officer at the Wichita-based company following two decades at General Electric Co., where he ran global operations for GE Capital.