Ian King is the CEO of BAE Systems, responsible for all of the company's business. For this role he is paid an annual base salary of £900,000. King is also a non-executive director of Rotork plc, an engineering company.
BAE Systems was created by a merger of Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace. King joined BAE from Marconi. Previous roles include Chief executive officer (CEO) of Alenia Marconi Systems, a partnership between Marconi a...
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Ian King is the CEO of BAE Systems, responsible for all of the company's business. For this role he is paid an annual base salary of £900,000. King is also a non-executive director of Rotork plc, an engineering company.
BAE Systems was created by a merger of Marconi Electronic Systems and British Aerospace. King joined BAE from Marconi. Previous roles include Chief executive officer (CEO) of Alenia Marconi Systems, a partnership between Marconi and Finmeccanica, Finance Director and Deputy Managing Director of Marconi Electronic Systems and non Executive Director of the Canadian Marconi Company.
When BAE Systems was created in November 1999 King was named Group Strategy & Planning Director. In December 2000 King was appointed group managing director of BAE Systems Customer Solutions and Support.
In November 2006 BAE Systems appointed King COO with effect from 2007-01-01. King was promoted in what the Financial Times described as "in part designed to improve relations with the MoD...
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