Brian West is executive vice president and chief financial officer of The Boeing Company. Appointed to this role in August 2021, West leads all aspects of Boeing's financial strategy, performance, reporting and long-range business planning, as well as investor relations, treasury, controller and audit operations. Brian oversees the company’s global financing arm, Boeing Capital Corporation, and is a member of Boeing’s Executive Council.
West has a deep understanding of the investment community and a proven track record of growth and operational excellence. Prior to joining Boeing, West served as chief financial officer of Refinitiv since 2018, where he was responsible for financial strategy and capital structure, resource investment and optimization, and ensuring transparency with shareholders and investors. In addition to his work with finance, he also led commercial strategy and policy, sourcing and real estate management, and oversaw ongoing process improvements across the business.
Before Refinitiv, West was chief financial officer and executive vice president of Operations at Oscar Health and prior to that was chief financial officer and then chief operating officer of Nielsen. Previously, West spent 16 years at General Electric, where he served as chief financial officer of GE Aviation and chief financial officer of GE Engine Services. His additional finance leadership positions in GE businesses encompassed plastics, transportation and energy.
West received a bachelor’s degree in finance from Siena College and an MBA from the Columbia Business School.
West is a founding board member of LiveGirl, a Connecticut-based nonprofit organization whose mission is to prepare the next generation of diverse female leaders with the skills, community and connections to thrive in the world.
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Boeing is a leading global aerospace company that develops, manufactures, and services commercial airplanes, defense products, and space systems in more than 150 countries. Given the changes in customer needs throughout time, they are constantly adjusting their capabilities in designing and building service options for their customers. Boeing's headquarters are near Washington, DC. They employ over 140,000 people across the US. However, they operate all over the world in more than 65 countries. Boeing has three business units that they operate across: Commercial Airplanes, Defense, Space & Security, and Boeing Global Services. The more functional organizations across the company are engineering, program management, technology and development-program execution, advanced design and manufacturing systems, safety, finance, quality and productivity improvement, and information technology. Boeing's Commercial Airplanes business unit is known for their 737, 747, 767, 777 and 787 families of airplanes and the Boeing Business Jet range. 10,000 Boeing-built commercial jetliners are in service worldwide. Their Defense, Space & Security business unit is known for their KC-46 aerial refueling aircraft, AH-64 Apache helicopter; the 702 family of satellites; CST-100 Starliner spacecraft; and the autonomous Echo Voyager. The Boeing Global Services business unit works to deliver service solutions for commercial, defense, and space customers. They offer cost-competitive service solutions to make sure the aircraft is operating at high efficiency. Lastly, the Boeing Capital Corporation is the financial provider for Boeing customers. They make sure that customers have the financing to buy and take delivery of their Boeing products.
