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Mr. Mike Petters
President and Chief Executive Officer
Huntington Ingalls Industries


Mike Petters is president and chief executive officer, Huntington Ingalls Industries (HII), America’s largest military shipbuilder. Petters assumed this role on March 31, 2011, when Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding began operating as the newly formed and publicly owned Huntington Ingalls Industries in a spin-off from Northrop Grumman Corporation. He is also a member of the Huntington Ingalls Industries Board of Directors. Petters is responsible for leading the design, construction and overhaul of conventionally-powered surface combatants, amphibious and auxiliary ships and nuclear-powered submarines and aircraft carriers, as well as business opportunities in adjacent markets. Prior to this appointment and since 2008, Petters served as president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Previous to this, he served as president for Northrop Grumman’s Newport News sector of Northrop Grumman Corporation. Petters joined Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987 in the Los Angeles-class submarine construction division. He held a number of increasingly responsible positions throughout the organization. These include production supervisor for submarines, marketing manager for submarines and for carriers, vice president for aircraft carrier programs, vice president for contracts and pricing, and vice president for human resources. A native of Florida, Petters earned a Bachelor’s Degree in physics from the U.S. Naval Academy in 1982, served aboard the nuclear-powered submarine USS George Bancroft and spent five years in the Naval Reserve. In 1993, he earned a Master’s Degree in business administration from the College of William and Mary. Petters was appointed by former Virginia Governor Tim Kaine to serve on the Advisory Council on Revenue Estimates.

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