EADS North America Shakes Up Management

EADS North America announced today that former NASA Administrator and Navy Secretary Sean O’Keefe will take over as their CEO. The current CEO, Ralph Crosby, will remain with the company and head up the tanker proposal. At the announcement EADS CEO Louis Gallois reiterated the company’s desire to do business in the United States and hinted at further acquisitions of companies.

O’Keefe most recently had been the head of General Electrics aviation unit.