Lynchburg, Va., -based BWX Technologies said Wednesday it has promoted Ronald (Chip) Whitford, Jr., to a senior vice president post succeeding Thomas McCabe, who will retire from the nuclear company this summer.
Separately, the company has promoted Omar Meguid to chief digital officer, a new executive role that reports directly to CEO Rex Geveden, according to a press release. Meguid, a new hire for BWX Technologies (BWXT) will be responsible for the company’s “comprehensive digital platform supporting its business operations in the U.S., Canada and United Kingdom,” according to the release.
Whitford, meanwhile, became senior vice president, general counsel, chief compliance officer and corporate secretary effective this week, BWXT said in a press release. Whitford has been with BWXT since 2017 and most recently has been vice president, deputy general counsel and assistant corporate secretary, the company said.
In addition to overseeing BWXT’s legal, ethics and compliance efforts, Whitford will be a liaison and secretary to the company’s board of directors. Until he retires Aug. 1, McCabe, will serve as special advisor to the CEO Rex Geveden.
“As a part of our succession planning process, we are extremely fortunate to have someone of Chip’s caliber and experience fully ready to take on this crucial position for BWXT,” Geveden said in the release. “We wish Tom McCabe, our outgoing general counsel, all the best in retirement and appreciate him staying with us in an advisory capacity through July 2023.”
BWXT is active in naval nuclear submarines, nuclear power and Department of Energy nuclear site-management.
