SAN FRANCISCO, March 2 (Xinhua) -- The Boeing Company Board of Directors on Thursday announced that it has nominated Sabrina Soussan to be elected as a new director at the company's upcoming annual meeting of shareholders.
Soussan, 53, currently serves as chair and chief executive officer of SUEZ SA, a Paris-based global utility company specializing in water and waste management with a focus on sustainability.
"Sabrina is a proven leader who brings a global mindset with extensive engineering and senior leadership experience in manufacturing, safety, sustainability, transportation and digitalization," said Boeing Chair Larry Kellner.
Subject to her election at the company's annual meeting of shareholders on April 18, Soussan would become the eighth independent director to join the board since April 2019. These eight directors collectively bring significant experience in aerospace, safety, engineering, manufacturing, cyber, software, risk oversight, audit, supply chain management, sustainability and finance, according to Boeing.
Based in France, Soussan would also become Boeing's first board member based outside the United States and she would join the board's audit and finance committees, the company said.
"Her global expertise, strong engineering credentials and deep experience leading complex manufacturing operations with safety at the forefront will be vital to our business," said Dave Calhoun, Boeing president and chief executive officer. ■
