Boeing CEO and Leadership

Brian West serves as Chief Financial Officer for Nielsen. He was appointed to the position in February 2007. He also oversees Nielsen Expositions, the leading business-to-business trade show operation in the U.S. Brian spent 16 years at The General Electric Co., where he held a number of finance roles with increasing responsibility, including CFO of NBC's TV Stations Division, CFO of GE Engine Services, and Chief Financial Officer – GE Aviation, a $12 billion global business. He began his GE career at GE Plastics as part of the Financial Management Program in 1991. Brian is a graduate of Siena College and holds a Master's of Business Administration degree from Columbia University.

Marc Allen is senior vice president of The Boeing Company and president of Boeing International. He is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council. As president of Boeing International, Allen, 42, is responsible for the company’s international strategy and operations, and oversees 17 regional corporate headquarters in key markets around the world. Reporting to the chairman and CEO, Allen leads development of the company’s growth and productivity initiatives outside the U.S. and new business and industrial partnerships. His responsibilities also include overseeing international affairs, enhancing local presence and providing global functional support. Allen was appointed to the role in 2015. Previously, Allen served as president of Boeing Capital Corporation, a wholly owned Boeing subsidiary that arranges, structures and provides financing for Boeing’s commercial airplane, space and defense products. Prior to Boeing Capital, Allen served as vice president, of Boeing International and president of Boeing China, responsible for leading the company’s business in China from its Beijing headquarters. Leading Boeing China, Allen oversaw the company’s largest market outside the U.S. as its annual delivery pace doubled. Before that, Allen served as Boeing’s vice president for Global Law Affairs and general counsel to Boeing International, leading the company’s international legal practice group from its inception, with responsibilities for Boeing’s international operations’ legal issues, cross-border trade regulation matters, and international legal policy matters including the U.S.-EC WTO dispute on aircraft subsidies. Prior to joining Boeing, Allen practiced law with the Washington, D.C.-based law firm Kellogg Huber, litigating complex commercial cases for domestic and international clients. Previous government service includes an appointment as U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy’s law clerk. A Southern California native, Allen received his bachelor’s degree summa cum laude from Princeton University, majoring in political science with a certificate in economics, and received his law degree from Yale Law School. Allen is married and has four children.

Dr. Greg Hyslop is the chief engineer of The Boeing Company and executive vice president of Boeing Engineering, Test & Technology. Hyslop leads Boeing’s Engineering function of more than 50,000 engineers worldwide and oversees Boeing’s technology vision, strategy and investment. His responsibilities also include oversight of all aspects of safety and technical integrity of Boeing products and services. His organization is an incubator for businesses that will define the future of urban, regional and global mobility, as well as those aimed at near-term opportunities.

Hyslop is a member of the company’s Executive Council and reports to the president and CEO.

During his Boeing career, Hyslop has held a variety of roles of increasing responsibility, including leading Boeing Research & Technology and Boeing Strategic Missile & Defense Systems, and numerous program management positions. He joined the McDonnell Douglas Astronautics Company, now part of Boeing, in 1982 as a guidance and control engineer.

Hyslop is a Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA) and is a member of the Board of Trustees of the AIAA Foundation. He served on the Aeronautics Committee of the NASA Advisory Council from 2016 to 2020. He serves on the Board of Trustees of Washington University in St. Louis, the Advisory Board of the University of Nebraska’s Engineering College and the Visiting Committee of the Department of Aeronautics & Astronautics at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is on the Board of Trustees of the Museum of Science and Industry, Chicago.

Hyslop has a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering and a Master of Science degree in mathematics from the University of Nebraska. He has Doctor of Science degree in systems science and mathematics from Washington University in St. Louis, where he also served as an adjunct professor.