Executives & board
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Executives & board
Who runs the company, who oversees it, and which of them have held government posts.
CEO
Sam Mehta
Since Aug. 17, 2026
Independent chair
Lewis Hay III
Director since 2002
Directors with a Trump appointment
1
Harry Harris Jr., ambassador 2018–21
Retired flag officers on board
2
Harris (Navy), Rice (Air Force)
| Name | Since | Background | Government service | Sources |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sam Mehta President and CEO; director | 2026-08 | Joined L3Harris in January 2023 from RTX’s Collins Aerospace; more than 17 years at Sikorsky. | None found | sec.gov · govconwire.com |
| Kenneth Sharp Senior vice president and CFO | 2026-03 | Former CFO of Peraton and DXC; earlier finance chief of a Northrop Grumman division. | Marine Corps veteran (Desert Shield, Desert Storm) | breakingdefense.com |
| Kenneth Bedingfield President, Missile Solutions | 2026-03 | Former L3Harris CFO; leading the planned Missile Solutions IPO. | None found | breakingdefense.com · l3harris.com |
| Lauren Barnes President, Space & Mission Systems | 2026-08 | Joined in 2023 from Boeing; previously led Spectrum Superiority. | None found | govconwire.com |
| Christopher Aebli President, Communications & Spectrum Dominance | 2026-08 | With the company since 1991; previously led its Department of War business. | Engineer at the Naval Underwater Systems Center before 1991 | govconwire.com · sec.gov |
| Tania Hanna Vice president, Government and Customer Relations | — | Lead registered lobbyist on the company’s federal filings. | Not researched | l3harris.com |
“None listed” means the 2026 proxy statement lists none; “None found” means none turned up in research. The board’s Nominating and Governance Committee oversees lobbying and political spending.