Dirk Lesko, whose retirement as president of GD’s Bath Iron Works shipyard in Bath, Maine, in April caught many by surprise, is to assume the role of president of Canada’s Irving Shipbuilding Inc., effective September 1, 2022, the company announced today.
Lesko will succeed another American, Kevin Mooney, whose resignation from Irving last month for personal reasons was also unexpected. In fact, Lesko will be the third American in a row to be Irving Shipbuilding’s president. Mooney’s predecessor...