Boeing’s Chief Lobbyist Ojakli Is Departing as CEO Remakes Team

Boeing Co.’s chief lobbyist and the head of its powerful Washington, DC operation, Ziad “Z” Ojakli, has left the company, Chief Executive Officer Kelly Ortberg told employees in a memo on Friday.

Bill McSherry a Boeing vice president for state and local government operations, will temporarily oversee the planemaker’s government operations group until the company finds a successor, Ortberg said in a memo viewed by Bloomberg. The change is effective immediately.

Ziad Ojakli in 2023.

Photographer: Odd Andersen/AFP/Getty Images

Politico reported the leadership shake-up stemmed from a disagreement with Ortberg over lobbying strategy, citing a person close to Ojakli. A Boeing spokeswoman declined to comment.

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