Spirit General Counsel Leaves as Customer Boeing Struggles (2)

Spirit AeroSystems Holdings Inc. is looking for a new top lawyer as the fuselage maker faces financial fallout from the struggles of its largest customer, Boeing Co.

Stacy Cozad, who spent five years as general counsel and chief compliance officer at Spirit, will start Feb. 1 as general counsel and corporate secretary for specialty chemicals maker Ingevity Inc. Cozad declined to discuss her new position, which was announced Jan. 13.

Mindy McPheeters, vice president of legal and compliance and a former Stinson partner, will be Spirit’s interim general counsel while it conducts a search to fill Cozad’s C-suite role, company ...