BAE Systems, Inc. Leadership

President & Chief Executive Officer of BAE Systems, Inc.

Tom Arseneault is president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc., the company’s U.S.-based, international defense, aerospace, and security company with nearly 41,500 employees and major operations in the U.S., UK, and Sweden. Ranking among the top 10 prime contractors to the U.S. Department of War, the company generated sales of $18.6 billion in 2025, delivering a full range of products and services across a broad and diverse portfolio for air, land, space and naval forces, as well as advanced electronics, commercial avionics, security, IT solutions and support services. Arseneault is also an executive director on the BAE Systems plc Board of Directors, a member of the company’s Executive Committee, and an officer director on the BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors.

Throughout his career, Arseneault has led complex organizations responsible for fulfilling critical and technologically challenging missions. Recently he served as president and COO for the organization and was integral to its return to profitable growth. Previously, he was president of the company’s Electronic Systems sector, responsible for operations spanning the commercial and defense electronics markets, and its extensive portfolio of mission critical electronic systems. He also served as executive vice president of BAE Systems’ Product Sectors, responsible for articulating and executing a vision that drove optimal business performance across the Electronic Systems and legacy Land & Armaments businesses.

Prior to his senior leadership appointments, Arseneault managed various organizations and programs for Sanders, a Lockheed Martin Company, and he remained with the unit when it was acquired by BAE Systems in 2000. Earlier in his career, he held a variety of engineering and program management positions with General Electric and TASC.

He holds bachelor's and master's degrees in electrical engineering from Worcester Polytechnic Institute and an MBA from Boston University.

President, Platforms & Services

Jeremy Tondreault is the president of BAE Systems Platforms & Services, overseeing six U.S. and international business areas that produce combat vehicles, gun systems, and munitions and provide naval ship modernization and repair. He reports to Tom Arseneault, president and CEO of BAE Systems, Inc.

Platforms & Services is headquartered in Falls Church, Va., and is one of four sectors in BAE Systems, Inc. employing approximately 12,200 people around the world with major operations across more than 20 sites in Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States.

Tondreault has held numerous senior leadership positions since joining BAE Systems in 1996 as a mechanical engineer. Throughout his career with the company, he has taken on roles of increasing responsibility within program management, engineering, operations, and line management to develop, produce, and deliver highly complex products. Most recently he served as vice president and general manager of the Combat Mission Systems business, focusing on the development, production, and integration of products and systems to provide advanced solutions across ground, amphibious, and maritime platforms to meet customers’ mission requirements.

Previously, Tondreault was vice president of Operations for the company’s Electronic Systems sector, where he provided critical leadership toward achieving Operational Excellence. These efforts included launching the Partner 2 Win program focused on supply chain excellence, delivering a $100 million Ramp-to-Rate effort to modernize factories and implement advanced manufacturing technologies to ramp up production rates while improving quality and cost.

Tondreault received a bachelor's degree in Mechanical Engineering from Syracuse University, and he earned a master's degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Massachusetts at Lowell, as well as a master's degree in System Design and Management from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.

President, Space & Mission Systems

Dr. Dave Kaufman is the president of BAE Systems, Inc. Space & Mission Systems sector, which is headquartered in Broomfield, Colorado, and employs approximately 4,600 people. Kaufman is responsible for the sector’s operations across a broad portfolio of spacecraft, instruments, ground systems, sensors, tactical systems, operations, data analytics and more.
 
Previously, Kaufman was a senior vice president for Ball Corporation and the president of Ball Aerospace, a wholly owned subsidiary of Ball Corporation that was acquired by BAE Systems, Inc. Dr. Kaufman has served in numerous leadership roles within the Space & Mission Systems sector, including chief operating officer and vice president and general manager of the sector’s business area focused on delivering space system solutions to the defense and intelligence communities.
 
During his three-decade industry career, Kaufman has served in leadership positions for a variety of space system programs including DARPA’s Orbital Express NEXTSat/CSC and the U.S. Air Force Space Test Program Standard Interface Vehicle. He began his aerospace career as a thermal engineer at Hughes Space & Communications Co. in El Segundo, California, and was awarded two patents for his research and development work.
 
Kaufman is an Associate Fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics. He is also appointed to the National Space Council’s User Advisory Group (UAG), where he will serve to enable a robust and responsible U.S. space enterprise and preserve space for current and future generations.
 
He received a B.S. in mathematics from Willamette University, a B.S. in mechanical engineering from Stanford University, and a M.S. and Ph. D. in mechanical engineering from the California Institute of Technology.

Vice President and Chief Ethics Officer

Anjali Chaturvedi is vice president and chief ethics officer for BAE Systems, Inc., the company’s U.S.-based, international defense, aerospace, and security company with nearly 41,500 employees and major operations in the U.S., UK, and Sweden. She also serves on the Inc. Senior Leadership Team.

Reporting to the company’s general counsel, Chaturvedi is responsible for leading the strategy and execution of the company’s ethics program, to ensure that the company’s values guide its operations and culture.

Prior to her current role, Chaturvedi served as vice president and associate general counsel for litigation and investigations at BAE Systems, Inc.  Prior to joining the company in January 2024, she was appointed to serve as a deputy assistant attorney general in the Criminal Division of the U.S. Department of Justice. 

Chaturvedi has worked in all three branches of government and private practice.  In the private sector, she held senior leadership roles at Northrop Grumman and BP.  She was also a white-collar partner at Nixon Peabody LLP.  Her career started in public service where she was an Assistant United States Attorney in Washington D.C. and Northern California for twelve years.  She also served as counsel to the late Senator Dianne Feinstein on the Senate Judiciary Committee.  Her first legal job was as a judicial law clerk in the D.C. Superior Court. 

Chaturvedi followed in her father’s footsteps as a professor when she taught trial advocacy and criminal procedure at the Georgetown University Law Center and the University of California College of Law, San Francisco.  She is a graduate of the Georgetown University Law Center and Cornell University.

Senior Vice President, General Counsel & Secretary

Alice Eldridge is senior vice president, General Counsel and Secretary of BAE Systems, Inc., responsible for all legal matters associated with BAE Systems, Inc. and its businesses, which collectively employ nearly 41,500 employees in the United States, United Kingdom, Sweden, and generated sales of $18.6 billion in 2025. In this role, she is also responsible for the organization's Contracts, Security, Ethics, Compliance and Export Control functions. Additionally, Eldridge is a member of the BAE Systems, Inc. Board of Directors.

With more than 25 years of legal experience, Eldridge was appointed to this position after serving seven years as vice president and Chief Counsel for BAE Systems, Inc. Platforms & Services sector, comprised of the Combat Vehicles, Weapons Systems, Ship Repair, Protection Systems, Ordnance Systems, and Hägglunds business units. In this role, she led the sector’s legal team as an integral facet of the business, providing strategic and subject matter guidance throughout the pursuit, capture and performance of U.S. Government contracts, as well as international direct commercial and foreign military sales contracts for programs in Sweden, Australia, India, Turkey, Saudi Arabia, the United Kingdom, UAE, Singapore, Japan and Korea.

Prior to joining BAE Systems in 2012, Eldridge held a number of leadership positions in the legal function for Lockheed Martin Corporation. She was General Counsel for the Systems Integration and Tactical Systems divisions. During her tenure, she also served as vice president of Ethics and Business Conduct with responsibility for managing the corporation’s ethics program, which is internationally recognized as a model for promoting adherence to high standards of individual and business conduct. Before her nearly two decades with Lockheed Martin, Eldridge gained experience in government contracting as an associate with the law firms of Howrey & Simon and Davis, Graham & Stubbs.

Eldridge earned her bachelor’s degree in Economics and Political Science from the University of Vermont at Burlington, and she holds a Juris Doctor degree with honors from the George Washington University, National Law Center in Washington, D.C. She is a member of the Maryland and Washington, D.C. bar associations, the American Bar Association and the American Corporate Counsels Association.

In the community, she has been active on boards for the Montgomery County Adult English Literacy Council, the Broome County (N.Y.) Urban League, and the Owego, N.Y. Growing Years Children’s Center. Eldridge also served as Chair of the International Forum on Business Ethical Conduct from 2009 to 2011.

Senior Vice President, Chief Human Resources Officer

Michelle Murphy is senior vice president and Chief Human Resources Officer for BAE Systems, Inc., the company’s U.S.-based, international defense, aerospace, and security business that generated 2025 sales of $18.6 billion and employs nearly 41,500 people around the world, with major operations in the United States, United Kingdom, and Sweden.

As Chief Human Resources Officer, Murphy is responsible for developing and executing a multi-dimensional human capital strategy to ensure continued business success. Additionally, she leads the company’s environmental, health and safety strategy, and serves as a member of the global HR and ESG councils. Prior to this position, she served as the vice president of Human Resources and held administration roles for the Intelligence & Security and Support Solutions sectors of BAE Systems, Inc.

Murphy has an extensive background in human resources, including more than 15 years at Northrop Grumman, where she served as the corporate director of executive compensation and human resources. During her time at Northrop Grumman, she led human resources activities for domestic and international mergers and acquisitions, and, over the course of eight years, handled human resources and administration for Northrop Grumman’s Aerospace Systems, Space Technology and Missile Systems business areas.

Murphy earned both a Bachelor of Science and Master of Business Administration from the University of Nevada, Las Vegas, and she is a certified Six Sigma Green Belt.

Senior Vice President, Chief Global Supply Chain Officer

Brad Pelachyk is senior vice president and chief global supply chain officer for BAE Systems. He serves as a member of the Inc. Senior Leadership Team and is chair of the BAE Systems plc Global Supply Chain Council. In this role, he leads the company’s efforts to build strong and resilient supplier relationships to maintain a sustainable supply chain across its international business, to enable our people to deliver for its customers.
 
Pelachyk brings more than 30 years of global procurement and supply chain experience to the role. Most recently he served as the company’s vice president of supply chain, overseeing operational efficiency across the value chain, emphasizing procurement savings, supplier risk mitigation, and digital transformation.

Prior to joining BAE Systems, Inc., Pelachyk held leadership roles at Thales Group and FIAT Group. He holds a bachelor’s degree in international business from Northwood University and a master’s degree in business administration from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.