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Boeing names new communications chief
September 8th 2017
U.S. manufacturer Boeing this week named Phil Musser as the OEM’s next senior vice-president of communications, succeeding Tom Downey, who will step down from the role “late this month” and retire from the company early next year, following 31 years of service. Read More »
Musser, 45, has more than 20 years of strategic communications and public relations experience, including ten years as a consultant to Boeing. He is the chairman and chief executive officer of IMGE, an Alexandria, Virginia-based digital communications firm he co-founded in 2013. He will join Boeing on September 25, reporting directly to chairman, president and CEO, Dennis Muilenburg, and will move into Downey's place on the company's executive council in Chicago.
“Phil is a seasoned and highly respected executive who knows Boeing well and brings to us an exceptionally broad and relevant set of communications experiences, capabilities and insights,” said Muilenburg. “He is a creative, strategic and energetic leader who understands the scale of our brand and how to inspire confidence and support among our many important stakeholders. He also has a passion for engaging our people, shaping culture and investing in talent for the future. He is the right choice to lead our world-class communications team into Boeing's second century,” Muilenburg added.
