Robert T Murphy

Robert Murphy is the executive vice president of Product Sectors for BAE Systems, Inc. and a member of the Executive Committee of BAE Systems plc.  He is responsible for delivering value to shareholders by ensuring the Product Sectors are the leaders in understanding the dynamic needs of their global defense and aerospace customers and developing effective customer relationships.  Further, Murphy is responsible for the development and deployment of integrated business strategies that leverage the highly skilled workforce of the company and its discriminating technology and global market positions to generate timely, cost-effective solutions that enable customers to complete their missions safely.

The Product Sectors consist of Land and Armaments, Electronic Solutions and Platform Solutions, and these businesses employ approximately 30,400 people on a global basis, with 23,000 employees in the U.S.  The global operations of the Product Sectors are located in 27 states in the United States, as well as the countries of Germany, Israel, Mexico, South Africa, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey and the United Kingdom.

Prior to taking his current role, Murphy was president of the Land and Armaments Operating Group and previously held positions in BAE Systems, Inc. as chief financial officer and president of the legacy Technology Solutions Sector.   Murphy joined BAE Systems in 1999 and was previously employed by GE, where he spent 18 years holding numerous financial leadership positions of increasing responsibility, culminating in his financial leadership role with the military engines operation of the GE Aircraft Engines Group.

Murphy holds a Bachelor of Science degree in Business Administration and Marketing from the State University of New York at Plattsburgh, and has completed numerous advanced financial management and senior leadership programs.

Murphy currently serves on the Board of Visitors for the Clark School of Engineering at the University of Maryland, on the National Defense Industrial Association Board of Trustees, and is a member of the BAE Systems/FNSS Joint Venture Board of Directors.