BAE Systems announces non-executive director appointments The Board of BAE Systems plc is pleased to announce the appointments of Dame Carolyn Fairbairn and Dr Ewan Kirk as non-executive directors, with effect from 1 March and 1 June 2021, respectively. Dame Carolyn Fairbairn Dame Carolyn was until the end of 2020 Director-General of the Confederation of British Industry. She brings her vast leadership experience and business acumen to the Board having held various senior leadership roles within financial services, media and government. She was previously a non-executive director of Lloyds Banking Group, The Vitec Group plc and Capita plc. She is also a former non-executive director of the Competition and Markets Authority, the Financial Services Authority and until 2016, a Trustee of Marie Curie. Dame Carolyn also worked in government as a member of the Number 10 Policy Unit during the 1990s, following which she became a partner at McKinsey specialising in digital and media, and held senior executive roles at the BBC and ITV.