Reuters | BAE Systems Picks Oil Executive as New Operating Chief Wall Street Journal LONDON—BAE Systems PLC on Monday confirmed the appointment of oil-industry executive Charles Woodburn as chief operating officer, making him heir apparent to the company's long-standing Chief Executive Ian King. BAE Systems, the U.K.'s biggest ... BAE Picks Oil-Industry Veteran Woodburn as Its CE0-in-Waiting BAE Systems lines up oil exec Woodburn as next CEO: source BAE Systems names oil exec Charles Woodburn as COO |