---
schema_version: "secwatch.filing_event.v1"
accession: "0000012927-24-000014"
form_type: "8-K"
ticker: "BA"
cik: "0000012927"
company_name: "BOEING CO"
filed_at: "2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00"
generated_at: "2026-06-04T08:21:44.429054+00:00"
event_type: "leadership"
sentiment: "neutral"
materiality_score: 0.75
calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
confidence: "high"
source: SEC EDGAR
---

# Boeing CEO Dave Calhoun to step down at end of 2024; Mollenkopf named board chair

## Summary
- Dave Calhoun to step down as CEO by end of 2024; will continue to lead through year-end.
- Board Chair Larry Kellner will not stand for re-election; Steve Mollenkopf elected as independent chair.
- Stephanie Pope appointed President and CEO of Boeing Commercial Airplanes, replacing retiring Stan Deal.
- Mollenkopf to lead board's process of selecting Boeing's next CEO.

## SEC filing metadata
- accession: 0000012927-24-000014
- form_type: 8-K
- ticker: BA
- cik: 0000012927
- company_name: BOEING CO
- filed_at: 2024-03-25T23:59:59+00:00
- event_type: leadership
- sentiment: neutral
- materiality_score: 0.75
- calibrated_materiality_score: 0.75
- confidence: high
- sec_items: 5.02, 7.01, 9.01
- EDGAR index: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm
- EDGAR primary document: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/ba-20240324.htm

## Machine-readable alternates
- HTML: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-24-000014
- JSON: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-24-000014.json
- Plain text: https://secwatch.observer/filing/0000012927-24-000014.txt

## Key facts
- Executive change
  Stephanie F. Pope changed role as President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes at BOEING CO.
  - Action: elected to replace
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  source text: the Board elected Stephanie F. Pope, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, to replace Stanley A. Deal as President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, effective March 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Stanley A. Deal departed as President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes at BOEING CO.
  - Action: replaced
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes
  source text: the Board elected Stephanie F. Pope, Executive Vice President and Chief Operating Officer, to replace Stanley A. Deal as President and Chief Executive Officer, Boeing Commercial Airplanes, effective March 25, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  David L. Calhoun departed as President and Chief Executive Officer at BOEING CO.
  - Action: stepped down
  - Role: President and Chief Executive Officer
  source text: David L. Calhoun decided to step down as President and Chief Executive Officer at the end of 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Lawrence W. Kellner departed as independent Chair of the Board at BOEING CO.
  - Action: decided not to stand for re-election
  - Role: independent Chair of the Board
  source text: Lawrence W. Kellner, independent Chair of the Board, decided not to stand for re-election at the Company’s 2024 Annual Meeting of Shareholders.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm
- Executive change
  Steven M. Mollenkopf was appointed as independent Chair of the Board at BOEING CO.
  - Action: elected to replace
  - Role: independent Chair of the Board
  source text: elected Steven M. Mollenkopf to replace Mr. Kellner as independent Chair of the Board, effective March 24, 2024.
  evidence_url: https://www.sec.gov/Archives/edgar/data/12927/000001292724000014/0000012927-24-000014-index.htm

This AI-assisted summary is a reading aid. Review the linked SEC EDGAR filing before relying on any specific claim.