WALTHAM, Mass., July 20, 2006 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Raytheon
Company has appointed a senior public relations professional to the
position of vice president, Global Public Relations.
(Photo: http://www.newscom.com/cgi-bin/prnh/20060720/NETH003 )
Mac Jeffery, 51, will serve as chief spokesperson for the company and
will be responsible for coordinating the development and implementation of
Raytheon's strategic plan for global public and media relations in support
of corporate initiatives. He will report to Pamela Wickham, the company's
vice president of Corporate Affairs and Communications.
Jeffery's responsibilities will also include executive messaging,
product and technology positioning, financial and crisis communications and
investor relations support.
Jeffery joins Raytheon from Samsung Group of Seoul, Korea, and New
York, where he was most recently the senior vice president of Global Public
Relations. In this role, he was responsible for major public relations
activities for Samsung Electronics and Samsung Group's corporate office.
Prior to joining Samsung, Jeffery was a senior communications director
for Loral Space & Communications, a leading provider of commercial
satellite manufacturing and services, and Loral's affiliated company,
Globalstar L.P., the world's largest mobile satellite phone service. He has
also held public relations and communications positions with Hill &
Knowlton -- Hong Kong and Pepsi-Cola Company and had a 17-year career with
IBM, where he most recently served as director of Public Relations for the
company's Asia-Pacific operations, based in Tokyo.
Jeffery holds a Bachelor of Arts degree from Yale University.
Raytheon Company (NYSE: RTN), with 2005 sales of $21.9 billion, is an
industry leader in defense and government electronics, space, information
technology, technical services, and business and special mission aircraft.
With headquarters in Waltham, Mass., Raytheon employs 80,000 people
worldwide.
Contact:
David Albritton
703.284.4353
SOURCE Raytheon Company
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