Executive Biography of Anbessie Yitbarek

Anbessie Yitbarek

Vice President
Commercial Sales & Marketing
Boeing Commercial Airplanes

Anbessie Yitbarek is vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing for Africa. Appointed to this position in January 2023, Yitbarek is responsible for leading the sales and marketing of commercial airplanes portfolio in Africa.

Previously, Yitbarek served as the vice president of Commercial Sales and Marketing for Boeing Global Services. Appointed to this position in March of 2018, Yitbarek led worldwide sales and marketing of commercial services products and offerings. He led the efforts to support customers throughout the challenges of the COVID pandemic, and successfully prepared the business return to profitability.

During his career, Yitbarek has held various leadership positions across the Boeing Company. Yitbarek previously served as vice president of Customer Support for Asia Pacific for Boeing Commercial Airplanes, where he served as a customer advocate and was responsible for ensuring world-class executive-level product support for airline customers. He joined Boeing in 2005 in the Customer Engineer Group, specializing in data analytics and maintenance optimization. In this role, he was awarded multiple patents for his innovation.

Before joining Boeing, Yitbarek spent over a decade at Ethiopian Airlines where he held various leadership positions, including chief operating officer. In that position, he led more than 3,500 employees and oversaw Flight Operations, Maintenance & Engineering, Cabin Services, and other functions. Yitbarek also served on the Board of Directors of Ethiopian Defense Engineering Corporation during this time.

Yitbarek is actively involved in various community outreach programs and served as a board member of Ethiopian Community in Seattle. He earned a master’s degree in Electrical Engineering from Addis Ababa University. Born and raised in Ethiopia, Anbessie is married with two children and currently lives in Dubai, UAE.