Boeing announced on February 2 that Ken Morton, who is currently director of communications for Australia and New Zealand, will assume responsibility for company communications across the wider Asia Pacific region from March 1.
Morton will succeed Mark Hooper who will return to Seattle from Hong Kong to take up a senior role within Boeing Commercial Airplanes. Morton will remain based in Sydney while assuming the new role.
Boeing hopes to have a new Director Communications Australia-New Zealand in place by May 1.