Clement Michael Petters

Clement Michael Petters ("Mike", born 1959) is president and CEO of Huntington Ingalls Industries, an American military shipbuilding company.

Career Petters assumed his role as president and CEO on March 31, 2011. He is also a member of the Huntington Ingalls Industries board of directors. From 2008 until his appointment in 2011, he was the president of Northrop Grumman Shipbuilding. Prior to this position, he was the president of Northrop Grumman's Newport News sector. Petters first came to Newport News Shipbuilding in 1987 in their Los Angeles-class submarine construction division. He held a number of positions that included being the production supervisor for submarines, the marketing manager for submarines and carriers. Petters earned bachelor's degree in physics from the US Naval Academy in 1982. Commissioned as an Ensign in the U.S. Navy, he qualified as a Submarine Warfare Officer.

He has a master's degree in business administration from the Mason School of Business at the College of William and Mary.