(20/10/23) Airbus is making changes to its leadership team
led by Chief Executive Officer Guillaume Faury, and is
establishing a designated Commercial Aircraft business management
team which will operate under the helm of Christian Scherer, CEO.
“Looking at our key priorities, we want to put the
company in the right configuration for the future,” said Guillaume
Faury, Airbus CEO. “Our leadership team will further focus on the
operational challenges of today, while addressing strategy and
transformation to secure the future in all our businesses. This
will require constant attention and stewardship from this
leadership team – united around a common purpose and sharing
Airbus’ core values – in order to be successful in the
fast-changing global environment that has become our new normal.”
Airbus A350-1000 reg: F-WLXV taking off. Picture by Steven Howard of TravelNewsAsia.com
From 1 January 2024 onwards, the new Airbus
leadership team led by Airbus CEO Guillaume Faury will consist of:
– Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer* – Bruno Even, CEO Airbus Helicopters* – Alberto Gutierrez, EVP
Special Industrial Projects* – John Harrison, General Counsel* – Catherine Jestin, EVP Digital and Information Management* –
Julie Kitcher, Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications* – Sabine Klauke, Chief Technology Officer* – Christian Scherer,
CEO Commercial Aircraft* – Mike Schoellhorn, CEO Airbus Defence
and Space* – Thomas Toepfer, Chief Financial Officer* – Jeff Knittel, Chairman and CEO Airbus Americas – Matthieu Louvot,
EVP Strategy – Wouter van Wersch, EVP International – George Xu, CEO Airbus China
From 1 January 2024 onwards, the new Commercial
Aircraft management team led by CEO Commercial Aircraft Christian
Scherer will consist of:
– Stella Belvisi, General Counsel – Maggie
Bergsma, Head of Communications – Mathieu Callewaert, EVP Human
Resources – Thomas Hundt, EVP Finance – Sabine Klauke, EVP
Engineering* – Florent Massou dit Labaquère, EVP Operations* – Philippe Mhun, EVP Programmes and Services* – Benoît de
Saint-Exupéry, EVP Sales
“Our customers, partners and stakeholders expect
total commitment from Airbus to deliver on the ambitions and
operational objectives of our Commercial Aircraft business. I’m
excited to assemble a team of talented and recognised leaders at
such a critical time for our industry,” said Christian Scherer,
CEO Commercial Aircraft. “I’m looking forward to tackling the
challenges and exploiting the opportunities together with this
exceptional team.”
The roles marked with a red asterisk * have been proposed by the CEO
and approved by the Board of Directors to form the Airbus
Executive Committee which consists of 13 members and supports the CEO in his duty of managing Airbus.
The committee is
chaired by the CEO and comprises the heads of major functions and
businesses.
Going forward, Airbus will work to establish this
new organisational set-up in project mode from 1 January 2024
onwards. It will be conducted in collaboration with
partners who were informed about the process during a
meeting of the European Works Council (SE-WC) on 12 October 2023.
