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Dina Powell McCormick joins Meta as president and vice chairman
CALIFORNIA: Meta has brought in a heavyweight from the worlds of finance and public policy, with Dina Powell McCormick joining the company as president and vice chairman, effective immediately.
Powell McCormick is no stranger to Menlo Park. She previously served on Meta’s board and has been closely involved as the company pushes deeper into frontier AI and the race for personal superintelligence. Her new role comes as Meta scales up what it calls the backbone of the next decade of computing, from vast data centres and energy systems to global digital connectivity.
Announcing the appointment, Meta founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg said Powell McCormick’s mix of global financial expertise and international relationships makes her “uniquely suited” to guide the company through its next phase of growth.
As part of Meta’s management team, she will help shape overall strategy and execution. A key focus will be ensuring Meta’s multi-billion-dollar investments in compute and infrastructure stay on track, while also delivering economic benefits to the communities where the company operates. She will also lead efforts to forge new strategic capital partnerships and expand Meta’s long-term investment capacity.
Powell McCormick brings more than 25 years of experience across global finance, national security and economic development. She spent 16 years at Goldman Sachs, rising to partner and serving on the firm’s management committee. There, she led its global sovereign investment banking business and helped drive high-profile initiatives such as 10,000 Women, 10,000 Small Businesses and One Million Black Women.
Her public service record spans two US administrations. She served as deputy national security advisor under president Donald Trump and earlier worked as a senior White House adviser and assistant secretary of state under president George W. Bush. Most recently, she was vice chair, president and head of global client services at BDT and MSD Partners.
With Powell McCormick stepping into a senior operational role, Meta is signalling that its next growth push will be as much about financial muscle and global partnerships as it is about code and algorithms.
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Boeing appoints Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering function
Seasoned finance leader to steer budgets and strategy across global centres
BENGALURU: Boeing’s finance cockpit has a new pilot, and he is no stranger to turbulence or transformation. Boeing has appointed Barun as head of FP&A for global engineering, placing him at the centre of financial strategy for its worldwide engineering and technology operations.
Based in Bengaluru, Barun steps into a role that is as expansive as it is critical. He will serve as the primary finance lead for Boeing’s Engineering and Technology Centers globally, working closely with executive leadership to shape financial decisions, manage complex budgets, and design scalable finance processes that support the company’s growing engineering footprint.
In a note announcing his move Barun said, “I’m excited to share that I’ve joined Boeing Global Engineering. This opportunity is incredibly meaningful to me not just from a professional standpoint, but also for what Boeing represents globally.” He added that he looks forward to contributing to an organisation that continues to shape the future of aerospace and innovation.
Barun’s mandate spans strategic financial leadership, operational oversight, and stakeholder engagement. From directing large-scale budgets and schedules to influencing long-term organisational goals, the role blends financial discipline with business foresight. He will also lead cross-functional teams and partner with finance colleagues worldwide to support engineering programmes across geographies, including India.
The appointment caps a long stint at Juniper Networks, where Barun spent over a decade, most recently as finance senior manager. There, he led FP&A for global product business units and G&A functions, driving budgeting, forecasting, and long-range planning. He also played a key role in enterprise-wide transformation, including spearheading an Oracle to SAP ERP migration and building advanced analytics capabilities using tools such as Tableau and SAP Analytics Cloud.
His earlier career includes finance leadership roles at Sony India Software Centre, Cognizant Technology Solutions, and Mphasis, where he focused on financial planning, governance frameworks, and operational efficiency across global delivery centres.
A chartered accountant from the Institute of Chartered Accountants of India, Barun brings nearly two decades of experience across financial planning, digital transformation, and analytics-led decision making.
His appointment comes at a time when global engineering operations are becoming increasingly complex and distributed, requiring sharper financial oversight and agile planning. With Barun at the helm of FP&A for engineering, Boeing appears to be tightening its financial playbook as it looks to scale innovation with discipline.
