Michael Turner (businessman)

Early life

Career

Career timeline

• 1966 - Undergraduate Commercial Apprentice, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
• 1970 - Contracts Officer, Hawker Siddeley Aviation.
• 1978 - Contracts Manager, British Aerospace Aircraft Group Manchester Division.
• 1981 - Executive Director - Administration, British Aerospace
• 1982 - Divisional Administration Director, British Aerospace
• Early 1980s to 1984 - Advanced Turboprop Project team leader, British Aerospace
• 1984 - Divisional Director and General Manager, Kingston, British Aerospace. Responsible for BAE's Kingston and Dunsfold Park facilities, which manufactured the Harrier and Hawk aircraft respectively.
• 1986 - Director and General Manager, Weybridge, Kingston and Dunsfold, part of BAe's Military Aircraft Division.
• 1987 - Director Marketing and Product Support, BAe Military Aircraft Division.
• 1988 - Executive Vice President Defence Marketing, British Aerospace
• 1992 - Chairman and Managing Director, British Aerospace Regional Aircraft and Chairman of Jetstream Aircraft.
• 1994 - Promoted to the British Aerospace board as of 1 January
• 1994 - Chairman of Commercial Aerospace, which included BAE's Airbus factories.
• 1995 - Vice-President of the Society of British Aerospace Companies until 1996, then President from June 1996 until June 1997.
• 1996 - Non-Executive Director of Babcock International Group.
• 1996 - Head of BAE's defence export businesses
• 1998 - Appointed to the Airbus Supervisory Board. Retained this seat with the formation of Airbus SAS in 2001 until BAE sold its 20% share in 2006.
• 1999 - With the formation of BAE Systems, became Chief Operating Officer.
• 2002 - Replaced John Weston as CEO.
• 2005 - Non-Executive Director of P&O. Stepped down in March 2006.
• 2006 - Executive Directorship at Lazard Ltd
• 2008 - Non-Executive Chairman of Babcock International Group.
• 2012 - Non-Executive Chairman of GKN Plc
• 2018- Non-Executive Barclays PLC

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Personal life