Howard McKenzie to succeed retiring Greg Hyslop as Boeing’s Chief Engineer

Boeing Co has announced that the company's Chief Engineer, Greg Hyslop, is to retire after a 41-year career with Boeing. Hyslop has held the position since 2019. He is also the Executive Vice President of Engineering, Test & Technology, and has been on Boeing's Executive Council since 2016. Hyslop has striven to strengthen Boeing's engineering function. He oversaw the realignment of the company's engineers under one organisation, having championed changes that would engineers, while also instituting next-generation design practices.

Howard McKenzie is currently the top engineer at Boeing's commercial airplanes unit, and is set to succeed Hyslop in June this year as Chief Engineer and Executive Vice President, Engineering, Test & Technology. As of March 1, McKenzie will take over leadership of the company's 57,000 worldwide engineers and oversee all aspects of safety and technical integrity of Boeing products and services. He will also be assuming oversight of Boeing's technology vision, strategy and investment, while reporting to David Calhoun, Boeing's CEO, and joining the company's executive council. McKenzie will help with programme management, leadership development and university relations efforts.

Prior to promotion to his current role with Boeing Commercial Airplanes (BCA), McKenzie was Vice President and Chief Engineer of Boeing Global Services, the American planemaker's services and support business. Mackenzie has been with Boeing for 35 years has also served as Vice President of Boeing Test & Evaluation, the group responsible for testing, evaluating and certifying new products.

David Loffing, who is currently the Chief Programme Engineer of Boeing's new 777X airplane, will take over as Vice President and Chief Engineer of BCA. Loffing has been with Boeing for nearly 20 years, holding engineering leadership positions across the company's single- and twin-aisle jet families and future airplane concepts.