Michael Turner (businessman)

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Mike Turner, CBE is Chief Executive Officer of the aerospace and defence company BAE Systems. He received a CBE for services to the Aerospace Industry in the Queen's 1999 Birthday Honours.

Turner replaced the previous CEO, John Weston, in March 2002 who was dismissed. Turner has previously been a Chief Operating Officer (COO) of the company, responsible for all of the company's business units.

Both Turner and BAE's previous Chairman, Sir Richard Evans, have had an abrasive relationship with senior Ministry of Defence officials. The relationship deteriorated over cost over-runs and delays to major procurement projects, for example BAE announced a shock profit warning in December 2002 related to two major projects, the Astute class submarine and the Nimrod MRA4. BAE took a £750 million hit against these projects.

On 15 October, 2007 it was announced by BAE Systems that Turner would step down from his role in 2008.^[1]

Turner is a member of the Apprenticeship Ambassadors Network.

[edit] Career

1966 – Undergraduate Commercial Apprentice, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
1970 – Contracts Officer, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
1978 – Contracts Manager (Military), British Aerospace Aircraft Group Manchester Division.
1981 – Executive Director - Administration, British Aerospace
1982 – Divisional Administration Director , British Aerospace
Early 1980s to 1984 – Advanced Turboprop (ATP) Project team leader, British Aerospace
1984 – Divisional Director and General Manager, Kingston, British Aerospace. Responsible for BAe's Kingston and Dunsfold Park facilities, which manufactured the Harrier and Hawk aircraft respectively.
1986 – Director and General Manager, Weybridge, Kingston and Dunsfold, part of BAe's Military Aircraft Division.
1987 – Director Marketing and Product Support, BAe Military Aircraft Division.
1988 – Executive Vice President Defence Marketing, British Aerospace
1992 – Chairman and Managing Director, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and Chairman of Jetstream Aircraft.
1994 – Promoted to the British Aerospace board as of 1 January
1994 – Chairman of Commercial Aerospace, which included BAe's Airbus factories.
1995 – Vice-President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies until 1996, then President from June 1996 until June 1997.
1996 – Non-Executive Director of Babcock International Group.
1996 – Head of BAe's defence export businesses
1998 – Appontied to the Airbus Supervisory Board. Retained this seat with the formation of Airbus SAS in 2001 until BAE sold its 20% share in 2006.
1999 – With the formation of BAE Systems, became Chief Operating Officer.
2002 – Replaced John Weston as CEO.
2005 – Non-Executive Director of P&O. Stepped down in March 2006.
2006 – Executive Directorship at Lazard Ltd