The executive who led Boeing’s 737 Max program is leaving the company, the first significant staff shake-up since a Boeing-made jet suffered a hole blown in the side of its fuselage midflight last month.
In a memo sent to employees Wednesday, Stan Deal, chief executive of Boeing’s commercial airplane division, announced that Ed Clark will depart the company immediately. Clark was an 18-year veteran of the company who in 2021 became vice president of the 737 program and general manager of Boeing’s factory in Renton, Wash. Katie Ringgold, vice president of 737 delivery operations, will take his place.
The memo, which Boeing circulated to the media, also announced other leadership changes. Elizabeth Lund, a senior vice president and general manager of airplane programs for the company’s commercial aircraft program, was appointed to the newly created position of senior vice…
