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4.1 Management and Control
Fernando Alonso – Airbus Defence and Space Head
of Military Aircraft
Fernando Alonso was named as Head of Military Aircraft,
Airbus Defence and Space on 29 January 2015 and took up
the position on 1 March 2015. He is a member of the Airbus
Defence and Space Executive Committee and on 1 July 2015
was appointed to the Airbus Group Executive Committee.
Previously he was Senior Vice President Flight and Integration
Tests, Head of Flight Operations since September 2007, and,
before that, Vice President Flight Test Division since February
2002. Fernando Alonso began his professional career with
McDonnell Douglas in Long Beach, California in 1979 as a
performance engineer in the company’s flight test department.
Three years later, he joined Airbus as a performance engineer
in the flight division. While remaining with Airbus, he graduated
as a flight test engineer at l’École du Personnel Navigant
d’Essais et de Réception in 1990, and then became a flight
test engineer responsible for aircraft performance of the
A330, A340 and A321. Between 1995 and 2002, Fernando
was responsible for the development of flight controls and
handling qualities during the flight test programmes of the
A319, A330-200, A340-500 and A340-600. Subsequently,
he was deeply involved in the organisation and coordination
of the flight test campaign of the A380. During a career at
Airbus that has spanned more than 30 years, Fernando has
accumulated more than 4,300 hours of flight tests. He was
a flight test engineer on the maiden flights of A340-200 in
1992, the A319 in 1997, the A380 in April 2005 and most
recently the A350XWB in June 2013. Born in Madrid, Spain,
in 1956, he obtained a degree from the Polytechnic University
of Aeronautical Engineers in Madrid in 1979. He is a keen skier
and tennis player. He and his family are also actively involved
in the French charity Pour un Sourire d’Enfant, fundraising
and organising summer camps for underprivileged children
who live in a municipal dump in Phnom Penh, Cambodia.
François Auque – EVP Space Systems, Airbus
Defence and Space
François Auque became Executive Vice President of Space
Systems and CEO of Airbus Defence and Space France within
the Airbus Defence and Space Division on 1 January 2014.
Prior to assuming this position, he was CEO of Astrium. From
1999 onwards, Auque served as Chief Financial Officer and
Member of the Management Board of Aerospatiale-Matra, one
of the three EADS founding companies, now Airbus Group.
When EADS was created (2000) he became Director of the
Space Division. Auque began his career in 1983 at the French
government’s audit agency, Cour des Comptes. He went on to
work for the United Nations Board of Auditors, followed by a
position as CFO at Banque La Hénin and later Vice President of
Finance and International Development at Credisuez, both of
the Suez Group. In 1991, he joined Aerospatiale as Corporate
Vice President of Finance and Economics and in 1998 became
Corporate Executive Vice President where he was responsible
for Finance and Strategy at Aerospatiale. François Auque,
born on 1 July 1956, is a graduate of the École des Hautes
Études Commerciales (HEC), Institut d’Études Politiques and
École Nationale d’Administration (ENA).
Nicolas Chamussy, Chief of Staff to Airbus Group CEO, will
succeed Francois Auque as EVP Space Systems, Airbus
Defence and Space on 1July 2016.
Thierry Baril – Airbus Group and Airbus CHRO
Thierry Baril was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer
of Airbus Group on 1June 2012. In addition, Baril continues
to serve as Airbus Chief Human Resources Officer. Thierry
Baril joined Airbus in 2007 as Executive Vice President, Human
Resources, and Member of the Airbus Executive Committee.
Prior to this, Thierry Baril was Executive Vice President Human
Resources at Eurocopter – now Airbus Helicopters – and
member of the Eurocopter Executive Committee from January
2003. In this position, Baril managed the company’s Human
Resources activities globally, including the implementation
of Human Resources policies across Eurocopter’s European
sites and its 15 subsidiaries worldwide. He was instrumental in
the implementation of “Vital”, a programme which transformed
Eurocopter as a business. Thierry Baril started his career in
1988 as Deputy Human Resources Director at Boccard SA,
and transferred to Laborde & Kupfer-Repelec, a subsidiary
of GEC ALSTHOM, as Human Resources Manager in 1991.
From 1995, Thierry Baril held roles as Human Resources
Director of the Alstom Energy Belfort site and Vice President
of Human Resources of the Alstom Energy Group. Following
on from his experience at Alstom Energy, in 1998 Thierry
Baril became Managing Director of Human Resources for
Europe for GE (General Electric) at their Belfort Headquarters,
followed by Vice President of Human Resources at Alcatel
Space’s Headquarters in Toulouse from 2000. Thierry Baril
holds a University Degree in Personnel Management, as well
as a Business Degree in Human Resources Management
and Development from the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS)
in Paris. Thierry Baril was born in February 1965 in Suresnes,
France. He was appointed as a “Chevalier de l’Ordre National
du Mérite” and was further commended as a “Chevalier de
l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur” in 2012. In 2013, he
was named HR Director of the year by the Hudson, Le Figaro
Economie and Cadremploi Group.
Jean Botti – Airbus Group CTO (departed 31 March
2016, successor to be determined)
Jean Botti joined Airbus Group as Chief Technical Officer in
May 2006. Jean Botti began his professional career at Renault
in 1978 before joining the Chassis Engineering division of
General Motors in the US in 1989. Upon his return to France
in 1992, Botti was appointed General Motors’ Director of
European Engineering for chassis components. In 1997,
he returned to the US to take over the reins of the Delphi
Corporation’s Customer Solution Center, a position he held
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