June 16, 2009
JERRY AGEE APPOINTED CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD, CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND PRESIDENT OF MBDA Inc.
On 2nd June, the Board of MBDA Inc. approved the appointment of Jerry Agee, as Chairman of the Board, Chief Executive Officer and President of MBDA Inc. with immediate effect.
In this role Jerry will report directly to the Board of Directors of MBDA Inc. and functionally to the Chief Executive Officer of MBDA, Antoine Bouvier.
With corporate offices located in Washington D.C. and Operations in Westlake Village, California, Jerry will head a team of senior executives and lead the MBDA Group in the U.S. He will be responsible for building U.S. Corporate, Military, Government and Industry relationships.
Antoine Bouvier, MBDA CEO, said: "I am pleased to welcome Jerry to the Group as the leader of MBDA's activities in the US. Through this senior level appointment, MBDA confirms its commitment to serving our US customer by meeting the war fighter requirements with proven and innovative missile system capabilities. MBDA brings mature and leading-edge technology and is aiming to become a key partner in supplying advanced solutions to the US military."
Jerry Agee said: "I am proud to join MBDA in leading the activities in the US and developing its industrial strengths. MBDA is a global company with many capabilities and technologies that fit well in the U.S. marketplace. I look forward to working closely with our US military customers and partners to develop affordable and capable solutions as well as increasing our investment, creating high value jobs and proposing world leader capability and technology to the US market place."
Jerry was formerly Corporate Vice President for Northrop Grumman Corporation.
NOTES TO EDITORS
- Since September 2008 Jerry operated his own management and consulting practice.
- Prior to leaving Northrop Grumman Corporation he was the Corporate Vice President and member of Northrop Grumman Corporate Policy Council reporting directly to Northrop Grumman Chairman and CEO
- 2005-2008 President of Northrop Grumman Mission Systems
- 2003-2004 Vice President and Deputy General Manager Northrop Grumman Missions Systems
- 2001-2003 Vice President and General Manager Northrop Grumman Strategic Systems and Missile Defense Division
- 2000-2001 Vice President and General Manager Northrop Grumman Intelligence Systems
- 1999-2000 Vice President and General Manager Northrop Grumman Federal Enterprise Solutions
- Jerry served in the United States Navy for 21 years
- Graduated from Florida State University
- He resides in Sarasota, Florida is married and has 2 children and 3 grand-children.
MBDA Incorporated is the US Center of Excellence for MBDA for the development of air-to-surface guided weapons, support equipment and instrumented training range systems. As a total weapons systems engineering company that translates customer needs into turn-key systems, MBDA Incorporated’s skills include management, design, development, integration, test and support.
With industrial facilities in the USA and four European countries, MBDA has an annual turnover of more than $4 billion and an order book of more than $14 billion. With more than 90 armed forces customers in the world, MBDA is a world leader in missiles and missile systems.
MBDA is the only group capable of designing and producing missiles and missile systems that correspond to the full range of current and future operational needs of the three armed forces (land, sea and air). In total, the group offers a range of 45 missile systems and countermeasures products already in operational service and more than 15 others currently in development.