Electra names B. Marc Allen as chief executive officer

Electra.aero, Inc. (Electra), which is headquartered at Manassas Airport, reports the company is pleased to announce the appointment of B. Marc Allen as its new Chief Executive Officer. 

Marc Allen joins Electra after a distinguished career at The Boeing Company, where he most recently served as Chief Strategy Officer and Senior Vice President for Strategy and Corporate Development.

He led the $5 billion customer finance business before spending nearly a decade on Boeing’s Executive Council, where he served as President of Boeing International and oversaw critical enterprise-wide functions.

As head of all venture businesses, he led Wisk Aero’s restructuring and full acquisition, focusing on the future of autonomous flight and serving as Chairman. Other roles at Boeing included President of the Embraer Partnership, President of Boeing China, and General Counsel of Boeing International.

Allen is a graduate of Princeton University and holds a JD from Yale Law School. His early career includes clerking for U.S. Supreme Court Justice Anthony M. Kennedy, co-founding a sports medicine startup, and serving as a business consultant with The Parthenon Group.