Board of directors
Executive directors   Non-executive directors
Sir Richard Evans CBE (1987)
Chairman
Assumed his current position on 1 May 1998. He joined the company in 1969 and has held a number of senior positions in the group. He was appointed non-executive chairman of United Utilities plc in 2001 having been a non-executive director since 1997.
Age 58.		   Sir Robin Biggam (1994) * †
Chairman of the Independent Television Commission and the Fairey Group plc. Also a non-executive director of British Energy Plc. Chairman of the Nominations and Compensation Committee.
Age 62.
John Weston CBE (1994)
Chief executive officer
Appointed Chief executive on 1 May 1998 having held a number of senior positions since joining the company in 1970. He is a member of the CBI Council, the Advisory Board to the Royal College of Defence Studies and the Council of the Royal United Services Institute.
Age 49.		   Professor Sue Birley (2000)
Appointed a non-executive director on 22 November 2000. Professor Birley is Professor of Entrepreneurship at Imperial College, University of London, and has held a number of academic positions at INSEAD, London Business School and Cranfield Institute of Technology. She was formerly a non-executive director of National Westminster Bank plc.
Age 57.
Michael Lester (1999)
Group legal director
Appointed a member of the Board following the merger with the MES business. Prior to the merger he was a director and vice chairman of The General Electric Company, p.l.c. He is a non-executive director of Premier Farnell plc.
Age 60.		   Keith Brown (1989) * † ~
A former managing director of Morgan Stanley Dean Witter. Chairman of the International Advisory Board Bipop - Carier (Italy). Chairman of the Racecourse Association. Chairman of the Audit Committee.
Age 58.
Sir Charles Masefield (1999)
Group marketing director
Appointed a member of the Board following the merger with the MES business. Prior to the merger he was a director of The General Electric Company, p.l.c.
Age 61.		   Dr Ulrich Cartellieri (1999)
A member of the Supervisory Board of Deutsche Bank AG, a director of Robert Bosch GmbH, Henkel KGaA and deputy chairman of DEG, the Federal Government owned German Investment and Development Company.
Age 63.
Steve Mogford (2000)
Chief operating officer
Appointed a member of the Board on 1 April 2000. He has held a number of senior positions within the company including group managing director Programmes and Eurofighter, and managing director of the former BAe Military Aircraft and Aerostructures business.
Age 44.		   Sir Ronald Hampel (1989) * †
Chairman of United Business Media plc, former chairman of ICI plc and a non-executive director of Aluminium Company of America.
Age 68.
George Rose (1998)
Group finance director
Appointed Group finance director on 1 April 1998 having joined the company in 1992. On completion of the creation of the new integrated joint Airbus company, he will be a member of that company’s Shareholder Committee. He previously held senior positions in the Rover Group and Leyland DAF. He is a non-executive director of Saab AB and Lattice Group plc and a member of the Financial Reporting Review Panel.
Age 48.		   Lord Hesketh KBE (1994) * †
A non-executive deputy chairman of Babcock International Group Plc. A former Government Chief Whip in the House of Lords and a Privy Councillor.
Age 50.
Mike Turner CBE (1994)
Chief operating officer
A member of the Board since 1994 and a member of the Airbus Industrie GIE Supervisory Board. On completion of the creation of the new integrated joint Airbus company, he will be a member of that company’s Shareholder Committee. He is a non-executive director of Babcock International Group Plc.
Age 52.		   Paolo Scaroni (2000)
Appointed a non-executive director on 22 November 2000. Mr Scaroni is group chief executive of Pilkington plc and was formerly a non-executive director of Burmah Castrol plc.
Age 54.
Dates in brackets show the year of each director’s appointment to the Board of BAE SYSTEMS plc.
* member of the Nominations and Compensation Committee
† member of the Audit Committee
~ UK government appointed director