Curtiss-Wright Corporation (NYSE: CW) has announced the retirement of Paul J. Ferdenzi, the Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, after a distinguished 25-year career with the company. Mr. Ferdenzi will continue to serve as a vice president of the company to assist the executive team with the transition until his retirement at the end of this year. In his place, George P. McDonald has been promoted to Vice President, General Counsel, and Corporate Secretary, effective immediately. Mr. McDonald has been with the company since February 1999 and has served as the company’s Deputy General Counsel since May 2024.
During his tenure, Mr. McDonald has assumed increasing levels of responsibility, advising senior management on many of the corporation’s most significant acquisitions and corporate transactions. He has served as Chief Legal Officer to the corporation’s industrial and nuclear divisions since 2015.
In terms of qualifications, Mr. McDonald holds a Bachelor of Arts degree in Philosophy and Mathematics from St. Johns College, Annapolis, Maryland, and a Juris Doctor degree from Villanova University School of Law.
Curtiss-Wright Corporation is a global integrated business that provides highly engineered products, solutions, and services mainly to aerospace & defense markets, as well as critical technologies in demanding commercial power, process, and industrial markets. The company leverages a workforce of approximately 8,600 highly skilled employees who develop, design, and build what they believe are the best-engineered solutions to the markets they serve.
This transition marks a significant change in the leadership of the legal team at Curtiss-Wright Corporation, and it will be interesting to see how George P. McDonald takes on his new role and contributes to the organization's continued growth and success. Today the company's shares have moved -6.5% to a price of $360.53. Check out the company's full 8-K submission here.
