Booz Allen Hamilton elevates Troy Lahr to CFO and names Kristine Martin Anderson president

Booz Allen Hamilton is reshaping its executive leadership lineup, appointing Troy Lahr as chief financial officer and promoting Chief Operating Officer Kristine Martin Anderson to president, effective in early May. The changes, announced April 27, arrive as the company pushes what it describes as a “technology transformation” across defense and civil national security missions and as it seeks to align financial oversight with operational execution.

Under the plan, Lahr will become Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer effective May 4, reporting directly to Chairman of the Board and Chief Executive Officer Horacio Rozanski. In the CFO role, Booz Allen said he will oversee the company’s fiscal performance, capital structure, mergers and acquisitions, and related financial operations. The company did not state that the transition would alter its financial targets or guidance, but it emphasized the scope of responsibilities that typically include how the contractor funds growth and evaluates deal activity.

Lahr’s appointment adds a defense and aerospace finance background to Booz Allen’s C-suite. Booz Allen said he has more than 25 years of financial and business leadership experience across commercial technology and defense, most recently serving as chief financial officer at Sierra Space. The company said he led strategy and performance areas including accounting and reporting, controllership, financial planning and analysis, tax, and treasury at Sierra Space.

Before Sierra Space, Booz Allen said Lahr was chief financial officer of Boeing’s Defense, Space & Security business, described by the company as a roughly $27 billion unit. Earlier in his career, Booz Allen said he held roles that included head of corporate investor relations, controller, and senior manager of mergers and acquisitions at Boeing. Booz Allen also noted that Lahr began his career more than a decade earlier in investment banking as an aerospace and defense equity analyst for Stifel.

Anderson’s expanded title takes effect May 1. Booz Allen said she will assume the additional position of president while continuing to report to Rozanski. The company said Anderson has been acting CFO since February 2026, and that her promotion reflects her role as the company’s top operations executive and her involvement in carrying out its growth strategy and technology transformation.

Booz Allen described Anderson as a long-tenured company leader, saying she has been at Booz Allen for 20 years and became chief operating officer in 2022. The company said she previously led its Civil Sector business, focusing on modernizing and transforming missions across U.S. federal civilian departments and agencies. By placing a leader with Civil Sector experience into the president role, Booz Allen indicates that it intends to keep tying executive accountability to mission delivery across both federal defense and civilian priorities.

The leadership changes extend beyond the CFO and president posts. Also effective May 1, Booz Allen said Shannon Fitzgerald, an Executive Vice President and Chief Strategy Officer, will be promoted to President of the Civil Sector. Meanwhile, Booz Allen said Richard Crowe, the current Executive Vice President and President of the Civil Sector, will be appointed Chief Growth Officer.

Booz Allen’s release framed the appointments as part of strengthening its ability to deliver “outcomes with speed” for defense, civil, and national security priorities. The company reiterated that it builds technology solutions using artificial intelligence, cyber, and other cutting-edge capabilities. Booz Allen said it has approximately 31,600 employees globally as of December 31, 2025, and reported revenue of $12.0 billion for the 12 months ended March 31, 2025, giving the leadership reshuffle a backdrop of scale and a wide customer footprint.

Still, the company provided limited detail on what the reshuffling means for near-term metrics. Booz Allen did not describe changes to its financial reporting schedule, capital allocation plans, or the specifics of any pending mergers and acquisitions process. It also did not address how responsibilities will be divided day to day during the handoff from Anderson’s acting CFO period to Lahr’s formal CFO tenure, nor did it disclose compensation outcomes for the promoted executives.

Looking ahead, investors and industry observers will likely focus on how Lahr and Anderson shape financial priorities as they move into their expanded roles, particularly around capital structure and any deal activity. Booz Allen’s next earnings communications and updated SEC disclosures should clarify the internal transition timeline, including how oversight responsibilities move across finance, strategy, civil missions, and growth functions after the May effective dates.