Mark Jenks to head the Boeing 737 program:
15 July 2019:Mark Jenks has been appointed as Vice President and General Manager of the 737 program and Renton site. In his new role, he will look after the production and delivery of the 737 MAX. He will also lead more than 12,000 employees who support the 737 program.
Before taking up this new role, Jenks was the Vice President of the New Mid-Market Airplane (NMA) programme. He was responsible for leading all aspects of the development programme ranging from the business case to the definition of the production system, services offering and airplane configuration.
Jenks joined Boeing in 1983 as an Engineer.
He has worked for Boeing Helicopters Division Developmental Centre in Philadelphia where he was responsible for all developmental operations at the site which included the manufacture, assembly and test of Boeing's portion of the RAH-66 Comanche helicopter and structural testing of the V-22 Osprey static test article.
Jenks has held various leadership roles within Boeing's defense and space businesses before he joined Boeing Commercial Airplanes.
In 2001, Jenks joined the Sonic Cruiser programme as director of Technology Integration and was responsible for identifying and integrating all programme necessities for advanced technology.
Jenks has always been a part of the 787 family and has held several key technical and leadership roles throughout the development of the 787, including leading the Wing, Empennage and Landing Gear lifecycle product team.
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