Gregory D. Smith joined Intel Corporation’s board of directors in March 2017. Smith is an independent director.
He is the president and founder of SEA3 Ent LLC, an investment and advisory services company, and was executive vice president of Enterprise Operations and chief financial officer at The Boeing Company, the world’s largest aerospace company and one of the largest U.S. exporters, until his retirement in July 2021.
Smith led Boeing’s Enterprise Operations, Finance and Strategy organization. In this role, Smith managed the company’s overall financial activities, and drove operational excellence by overseeing the company’s manufacturing, operations, supply chain, quality and program management functions. Smith was also responsible for the delivery of enterprise services across the company and oversaw the company’s strengthened focus on sustainability. In addition, Smith had executive responsibility for the company’s global financing arm Boeing Capital Corp. and oversaw the company’s corporate audit function, which reported directly to the board of directors.
Smith has three decades of in-depth global aerospace experience across commercial airplanes; defense, space and security; and corporate headquarters. He was appointed chief financial officer in 2011 and later served in an expanded role as the executive vice president of Finance, Enterprise Performance and Strategy. In 2020, Smith served as interim Boeing president and chief executive officer. He previously was corporate controller and vice president of Finance, serving as the principal interface with the board of directors’ audit committee to ensure regulatory compliance.
Earlier in his career, Smith was vice president of Corporate Financial Planning and Analysis, leading business plan development, financial forecasting, financial analysis and capital commitment planning, as well as competitive analysis and benchmarking. Prior to 2008, Smith served for four years as vice president of Global Investor Relations at Raytheon. Before Raytheon, he held key leadership roles in supply chain, factory operations, finance and program management at Boeing.
Smith joined the American Airlines board of directors in January 2022 and was appointed chair of the board in 2023. He also serves on the board of directors of Sierra Nevada Space Corporation, a private commercial space company; Ann & Robert H. Lurie Children’s Hospital of Chicago Foundation; and Northwestern Memorial Healthcare.