Maureen Dougherty
President of Boeing Australia & South Pacific
Maureen is the senior company leader in the Oceania region and coordinates all Boeing activities, leads government relations and directs the implementation of Boeing's strategy to expand its local presence and grow the business. Appointed in February 2014, Dougherty is based in Sydney and reports to Shep Hill, President of Boeing International and Senior Vice President of Business Development & Strategy.
Previously Dougherty served as Vice President and program manager for the KC-46A Tanker program, a program within Boeing Defense, Space & Security's Boeing Military Aircraft business unit. In this role, she led multiple Boeing teams in the design and development of the KC-46A, the U.S. Air Force's next-generation aerial refuelling tanker.
Before this assignment, Dougherty served as Vice President and program manager, Airborne Early Warming & Control (AEW&C). AEW&C is a state-of-the art system providing powerful airborne surveillance, communications and battle management. She also served as Vice President for the F-22 program, an advanced tactical fighter jointly built by Boeing and Lockheed Martin. Throughout her 30-year career, Dougherty has held a variety of engineering and program leadership positions on missile, fighter, bomber and military commercial derivative aircraft programs. She has a broad technical background in structures, avionics, systems and test engineering and has manager programs through development, production and sustainment.
Dougherty is a member of the Business Council of Australia, the President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Australia and sits on the President's Council of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. She earned her master's degreee in engineering form the University of Washington, where she studied as a Boeing Company Systems Engineering Fellow. She received her undergraduate degree in mechanical engineering from Pennsylvania State University.
Date: 4th November
Lunch 12.00 noon to 2.00pm
Venue: offices of Minter Ellison Rudd Watts, Level 20, 88 Shortland St, Auckland, 1010
Cost: Members $80 inc GST, Non-members $85 inc GST
