- Bombardier (TSX:BBD.A) appointed several executives to its leadership team, effective immediately, to strengthen customer engagement, advance its defence business and support long‑term growth, including through mergers and acquisitions
- Sandra Hodgkinson joins as Senior Vice President, Strategy and M&A, while Stephen McCullough and Paul Sislian take on expanded roles overseeing engineering and defence, and aircraft sales and aftermarket services, respectively
- Mercedes Glockseisen was named General Counsel, succeeding Pierre Gagnon, who will retire in June and remain in an advisory role during the transition
- Bombardier stock (TSX:BBD.A) last traded at C$267.75
Bombardier (TSX:BBD.A) has made several appointments to its executive leadership team as the company aims to strengthen customer engagement, advance its defence business and pursue long‑term growth opportunities, including through investments and mergers and acquisitions.
The appointments, which are effective immediately, include new responsibilities across strategy, engineering, sales, services and legal affairs.
Sandra Hodgkinson has been named senior vice president, strategy and mergers and acquisitions. She joins Bombardier with a background in corporate strategy, defence and law. Hodgkinson previously spent 14 years leading strategy and corporate development at Leonardo DRS, where she oversaw multiple acquisitions. Earlier in her career, she served in the U.S. Navy’s Judge Advocate General Corps and held positions at the U.S. Department of Defense, the White House and the U.S. Department of State.
At Bombardier, Hodgkinson will be responsible for organic and strategic growth initiatives, including mergers and acquisitions, across the company’s business segments, including Bombardier Defence and Services.
Stephen McCullough was appointed executive vice president, engineering, product development and Bombardier Defence, expanding his responsibilities to include oversight of the company’s defence activities. McCullough has spent 36 years at Bombardier, working in aircraft design and flight testing. The company said he will continue to lead engineering and product development while supporting the expansion of Bombardier’s defence offerings.
Paul Sislian was named executive vice president, aircraft sales and Bombardier Aftermarket Services. In the role, Sislian will lead Bombardier’s global aircraft sales teams alongside its aftermarket services business, which the company said has continued to expand. Aircraft sales will cover business jets as well as defence platforms. Sislian has been with Bombardier for 17 years and has previously held leadership roles across manufacturing, aerostructures, aftermarket services and corporate strategy. He will be supported by Peter Likoray, a long‑time Bombardier executive.
Bombardier also announced that Mercedes Glockseisen will succeed Pierre Gagnon as senior vice president, general counsel and corporate secretary. Glockseisen has worked at Bombardier for more than a decade, most recently as vice president of contracts and legal services supporting new, pre‑owned, defence and fleet aircraft transactions. Before joining Bombardier in 2011, she practiced litigation and corporate law at Ogilvy Renault, now Norton Rose Fulbright. She is a member of the Barreau du Québec and a graduate of McGill University’s Faculty of Law.
Gagnon, who has served as Bombardier’s general counsel, will retire in June. Until then, he will remain with the company as senior vice president and special advisor to the chief executive officer to support the transition, Bombardier said.
“Bombardier has successfully completed multiple strategic objectives with regard to product development, services expansion, defence growth and financial deleveraging,” Éric Martel, Bombardier’s President and CEO said in a news release.
About Bombardier
Bombardier builds jets for businesses, governments and militaries around the world. The company’s customers operate a fleet of more than 5,200 aircraft supported by 10 service facilities across six countries. Manufacturing activities are based in Canada, Mexico and the United States.
Bombardier stock (TSX:BBD.A) last traded at C$267.75 and has added nearly 200 per cent year-over-year.
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