Originally Posted by
Claybird
A CFO who will be able not only to carry the company in the eyes of wall street, but will also support a CEO who's an Engineer in this regard. You either have a wall street oriented CEO or an Engineer. To have both is a tall order. So if the most likely scenario is that Boeing will have an Engineer-first, MBA-second CEO then the CFO will need to be their right hand person. And to help the company carry on until it can streamline the process adequately enough to get back in the black. In my opinion an Engineer as CEO will go a long way to bringing back customers and restoring confidence.
I woudl agree with that- CFO is a ahrd one to find if hes got the guts to hold his ground against pack of rabid Wall Steer Analysts who re mostly looking for unrealistic returns in an unrealistic time frame for an industry like this . becuas ethere are no competitors except AB who cannot behave like Boeing because of government pressures analyst cant compare Boeing with other entities so they have to push the line that Boeing needs to use its money better than it would like to itself . So fending those vultures off is a real challenge