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4.1 Management and Control
Bernhard Gerwert – Airbus Defence and Space CEO
Bernhard Gerwert became Chief Executive Officer of Airbus
Defence and Space on 1 January 2014. Prior to assuming
this position, he had served as CEO of Cassidian from 2012
and as Cassidian’s Chief Operating Officer (COO) from 2011.
From 2007 to 2011, Bernhard Gerwert held the position of
CEO of Cassidian Air Systems and was a member of the
Board of Cassidian, until 2010 known as EADS Defence
&Security. Bernhard Gerwert began his career in 1979 as a
Planning Engineer at Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm GmbH
(MBB). After having held different positions in Engineering,
Product Support and Controlling at MBB, he became Vice
President Finance & Controlling at Dasa Headquarters in
1990. From 1995 to 2000 he took over various leadership
positions at Dasa, Dornier and Daimler Chrysler Aerospace,
including the positions of Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of
the Defence and Civil Systems Division of DaimlerChrysler
Aerospace, as well as CFO of Dornier GmbH and a Member
of the Board of Management from 1997 to 1999. In 2000,
he was appointed Vice President of Electronic Systems
and a member of the Executive Committee of Defence
Electronics & Telecommunications. In 2001, he became
Senior Vice President of Integrated Sensor Systems and a
member of the Executive Committee for Systems & Defence
Electronics. In 2004, he took over the role of Senior Vice
President Air and Naval Defence and Member of the Executive
Committee of the Business Unit, Defence & Communication
Systems. In the same year, he became CEO and President of
Defence Electronics and member of the Board of the EADS
Defence & Security Division. In addition, he was Corporate
Vice President Marketing & International Sales from 2006.
Bernhard Gerwert, born on 27 April 1953, studied Electrical
Engineering at the University of Paderborn and Industrial
Engineering at the University of Applied Science in Bielefeld
in Germany. He holds degrees in Electrical and Industrial
Engineering and was appointed President of the German
Aerospace Industry Association on 1June 2013.
Former Siemens executive Dirk Hoke succeeded Bernhard
Gerwert as CEO of Airbus Defence and Space on 1April
2016.
John Harrison – Airbus Group General Counsel
John Harrison has been Group General Counsel since June
2015 and is a member of the Group Executive Committee.
Solicitor of the Supreme Court of England & Wales, John
Harrison completed his academic studies at the University
of McGill, Montréal, Canada. He holds a Bachelor LLB
(Hons) and Masters LLM of Laws degree. John Harrison
began his career in 1991 at the international law firm Clifford
Chance, working consecutively in their London, New York
and Paris offices. He joined Airbus then Technip S.A. where
he served as Group General Counsel and Member of the
Group Executive Committee from 2007-2015. Prior to joining
Technip, Mr. Harrison fulfilled various senior legal positions in
Airbus Group companies over a ten year period culminating
his tenure from 2003-2007 as General Counsel of the EADS
Defence Division. John Harrison was born on 12July 1967
in the United Kingdom.
Marwan Lahoud – Airbus Group EVP International,
Strategy and Public Affairs
Marwan Lahoud has been EVP International, Strategy and
Public Affairs, Airbus Group since March 2016. Prior to that,
he was Chief Strategy and Marketing Officer of Airbus Group.
Prior to re-joining the Group, he had run MBDA as Chief
Executive Officer since 2003. Marwan Lahoud began his
career at the French Defence procurement agency DGA,
in 1989 at the Landes test range, where he served first as
Head of the computation centre, and later as project manager
in charge of upgrading testing systems and coordinating
investments. In 1994, he was appointed Special Advisor to
the Tactical Missile Systems Engineering Division. Then he
took on a new role as Deputy Director, Missiles and Space
Systems. Lahoud contributed to the development of the
1995-2000 Military Planning Act and led several joint work
groups bringing together political, military and industrial
stakeholders, covering issues such as the non-proliferation
of weapons of mass destruction, Franco-German space
cooperation and expanded air defence programmes. In early
1995, Marwan Lahoud was appointed Special Advisor to the
French Ministry of Defence. At the end of 1995, he moved to
serve as Advisor for Industrial Affairs, Research and Weapons,
where he was responsible for the industrial consolidation
programmes. In May 1998, he joined Aerospatiale as Vice
President Development and also served as Secretary General
of the Aerospatiale-Matra Hautes Technologies Committee.
In June 1999, Marwan Lahoud was appointed Senior Vice
President Strategy and Planning for Aerospatiale-Matra,
where he also served as Senior Vice President Military Affairs.
After the foundation of EADS in 2000, Marwan Lahoud was
appointed Senior Vice President Mergers & Acquisitions.
During his tenure, he oversaw the creation of Airbus, MBDA
and Astrium. Marwan Lahoud, born on 6 March 1966, is
a graduate of France’s École Polytechnique and the École
Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace.
He is Chairman of Groupement des Industries Françaises
Aéronautiques et Spatiales, Chairman of the Institut des
Hautes Études Scientifiques, a member of the Supervisory
Board and Chairman of the Audit Committee of Banque
Populaire Caisses d’Epargne, a member of the Board of the
AX Polytechnique alumni association and a member of the
Board of the École Polytechnique. Marwan Lahoud is an
Officer of the French Légion d’Honneur.
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