WARSAW, Poland – Feb. 27, 2018 – Northrop Grumman Corporation (NYSE: NOC) has named Tony Housh as director for Poland, strengthening its business and programme operations presence in Poland.
Housh joins Northrop Grumman as director for Poland, Central Europe and the Baltic Region in the company’s missile defence and protective systems division. He will provide in-country support for customer engagement and business strategy related to missile defence in those countries and regions.
“Tony brings a wealth of experience and knowledge of the business landscape in Poland gained over many years,” said Tarik Reyes, vice president missile defense and protective systems, Northrop Grumman. “This appointment will help us to establish our in-country presence and build our profile as we bring our capabilities in missile defence to this important market.”
Housh has served as a senior counsellor to the international strategic advisory firm APCO Worldwide since 2008. He has been on the board of directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Poland since 2001 and was elected chairman in 2015.
He has more than two decades of high-level government affairs, management and investment experience in Poland and Central Europe, advising clients in a range of sectors, including defence, aerospace, pharmaceuticals, financial services, information and communications technology, and energy. Housh was awarded Poland’s highest civilian honour, the Knight's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic of Poland in 2014 for services to the Republic of Poland’s economic transformation.
He earned a bachelor’s degree from the University of Kansas, studied as an exchange scholar at the University of Essex, U.K. and earned a master’s degree in European integration from Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium.
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