Heather Asbell
VP & CFO, Missiles & Defense

Company: Raytheon Technologies

Heather Asbell is vice president of Finance and chief financial officer at Raytheon Missiles & Defense, a business of Raytheon Technologies. She oversees accounting, business process and systems, estimating and pricing, financial planning and analysis, operational finance and program controls for air and missile defense systems, precision weapons, radars, command and control systems and advanced defense technologies.

Asbell brings more than 20 years of finance experience specific to aerospace and defense. Most recently, she served as vice president of Finance and chief financial officer at Raytheon Missile Systems, prior to Raytheon Company’s merger with United Technologies Corporation in 2020.

Before that, she was chief financial officer at Raytheon Integrated Defense Systems, and she has also held positions in financial management, planning and analysis at Honeywell International, Boeing Company and McDonnell Douglas.

Asbell holds a bachelor’s degree and an MBA in finance from Saint Louis University.