Photo Release - Huntington Ingalls Industries Names Stewart Holmes As Executive Vice President, Government and Customer Relations
September 03 2021 - 8:15AM
Huntington Ingalls Industries (NYSE: HII) announced today that
Stewart Holmes has been named executive vice president, government
and customer relations, succeeding Mitch Waldman, who will retire
on Sept. 30.
Holmes will be located in HII’s Washington, D.C. office and will
report to Mike Petters, HII’s president and CEO.
“Mitch has been an integral part of HII since day one and has
been key to our success,” Petters said. “His contributions to
national security for over four decades both in government service
and as a Huntington Ingalls Industries executive have always
affirmed an unwavering commitment to our men and women in uniform,
and demonstrated the highest level of integrity and thoughtfulness.
I thank Mitch for his leadership and dedication which always
reflected our company values, and I wish him the very best.”
Holmes will be responsible for leading the corporation’s
engagements with the legislative branch, the executive branch
including all federal agencies, business and trade associations,
and think tanks.
“Stewart has extensive knowledge and experience in government
relations and defense issues,” Petters said. “His understanding of
our business and portfolio, as well as the DOD customer and Capitol
Hill, will be critical in continuing our company’s proven track
record of providing solutions to our customers’ biggest
challenges.”
A photo accompanying this release is available at:
http://newsroom.huntingtoningalls.com/file/stewart-holmes.
Holmes comes to HII from Textron Inc. which he joined in 2015 as
the vice president of Washington Operations, being appointed senior
vice president of Washington Operations in March 2017. Prior to
joining Textron, he served as the staff director/minority clerk for
the Senate Appropriations Subcommittee on Defense, overseeing
recommendations for the annual appropriations for the Department of
Defense and the intelligence community. He had previously worked as
a staff member for the Senate Appropriations Committee and as an
aide to Senator Thad Cochran of Mississippi.
Holmes served in the U.S. Marine Corps for over two decades and
is a graduate of The Citadel and the Naval Postgraduate School.
Huntington Ingalls Industries is America’s largest military
shipbuilding company and a provider of professional services to
partners in government and industry. For more than a century, HII’s
Newport News and Ingalls shipbuilding divisions in Virginia and
Mississippi have built more ships in more ship classes than any
other U.S. naval shipbuilder. HII’s Technical Solutions division
supports national security missions around the globe with unmanned
systems, defense and federal solutions, and nuclear and
environmental services. Headquartered in Newport News, Virginia,
HII employs about 44,000 people operating both domestically and
internationally. For more information, visit:
- HII on the web: www.huntingtoningalls.com
- HII on Facebook:
www.facebook.com/HuntingtonIngallsIndustries
- HII on Twitter: twitter.com/hiindustries
- HII on YouTube: www.youtube.com/huntingtoningalls
- HII on Instagram: www.instagram.com/huntingtoningalls
Statements in this release, other than statements of historical
fact, constitute “forward-looking statements” within the meaning of
the Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995.
Forward-looking statements involve risks and uncertainties that
could cause our actual results to differ materially from those
expressed in these statements. Factors that may cause such
differences include: changes in government and customer priorities
and requirements (including government budgetary constraints,
shifts in defense spending, and changes in customer short-range and
long-range plans); our ability to estimate our future contract
costs and perform our contracts effectively; changes in procurement
processes and government regulations and our ability to comply with
such requirements; our ability to deliver our products and services
at an affordable life cycle cost and compete within our markets;
natural and environmental disasters and political instability; our
ability to execute our strategic plan, including with respect to
share repurchases, dividends, capital expenditures and strategic
acquisitions; adverse economic conditions in the United States and
globally; health epidemics, pandemics and similar outbreaks,
including the COVID-19 pandemic; changes in key estimates and
assumptions regarding our pension and retiree health care costs;
security threats, including cyber security threats, and related
disruptions; and other risk factors discussed in our filings with
the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission. There may be other
risks and uncertainties that we are unable to predict at this time
or that we currently do not expect to have a material adverse
effect on our business, and we undertake no obligation to update
any forward-looking statements. You should not place undue reliance
on any forward-looking statements that we may make. This release
also contains non-GAAP financial measures and includes a GAAP
reconciliation of these financial measures. Non-GAAP financial
measures should not be construed as being more important than
comparable GAAP measures.
Contact: Beci BrentonBeci.Brenton@hii-co.com(202) 264-7143
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