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Bedingfield Departing As Northrop Grumman CFO; Former CSRA Finance Chief Will Succeed

By Cal Biesecker

Wednesday, February 5th, 2020

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Bedingfield Departing As Northrop Grumman CFO; Former CSRA Finance Chief Will Succeed

David Keffer, general partner at Blue Delta Capital Partners, has been elected chief financial officer of Northrop Grumman. Photo: Blue Delta

Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday said its board has elected David Keffer as its new chief financial officer effective Feb. 17, succeeding Kenneth Bedingfield who will remain with the company until Feb. 21 to help with the transition. Keffer comes to Northrop Grumman from the private equity firm Blue Delta Capital Partners, which he joined in 2018 as a general partner. Before then, Keffer was CFO of the former CSRA, which General Dynamics [GD] acquired in 2018. Keffer will report…

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