Boeing names Brian Besanceney as new communications chief

Boeing has named Brian Besanceney as the company’s senior vice president and chief communications officer effective September 6, 2022. A corporate affairs leader with more than 25 years of strategic communications and government relations experience, including senior roles at Walmart and Disney, Besanceney will oversee all aspects of Boeing’s communications, such as communications at its commercial airplanes, defense and services businesses, media relations, external affairs, employee engagement, and company branding. Besanceney will report to Boeing President and CEO David Calhoun and serve on the company’s Executive Council. “Brian is an outstanding communications executive with a proven record of leading global