King's BAE crown comes with a whiff of scandal
China Daily | Updated: 2008-07-01 08:02
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A BAE Typhoon jet flies over Farnborough International Air Show in the United Kingdom. Bloomberg News |
Ian King, CEO designate of BAE, Europe's biggest military contractor, takes on a company blessed with a burgeoning order book but tainted by a whiff of scandal about past Saudi arms deals.
King, who came to BAE via its 1999 takeover of Marconi which he joined as a graduate entrant in 1976, was favorite for the top job from the moment Mike Turner announced last October he would retire this August.
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