Industry & Services >> CEO Interviews >> November 28, 2000

David Anderson – Itt Industries Inc (itt)

DAVID J. ANDERSON joined ITT Industries, Inc. as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer in December 1999. Mr. Anderson is responsible for all aspects of financial management and reporting, as well as communicating with the financial community about ITT Industries. As a member of the company's Executive Committee, he is also responsible for helping set the company's strategic direction. Mr. Anderson has more than 20 years of international corporate finance experience. He came to ITT Industries from Newport News Shipbuilding where he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer. Mr. Anderson successfully led the effort to establish Newport News Shipbuilding as a stand-alone public company, negotiating the terms and conditions of its spin-off from Tenneco, and managing the company's listing on the New York Stock Exchange. Prior to that, he was Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of the tobacco group at RJR Nabisco, and has also held senior financial positions with The Quaker Oats Company and Kraft, Inc. Mr. Anderson is a graduate of Indiana University and received an MBA from the University of Chicago. Profile
TWST: Would you provide our readers with a brief overview of ITT

Industries?

Mr. Anderson: ITT is multi-industry company with approximately $5

billion in revenues and a very global profile. We