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Corporate Governance
Registration Document 2015
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4.1 Management and Control
In accordance with Dutch law and with the provisions of the
Dutch Corporate Governance Code as amended at the end of
2008 (the “Dutch Code”), which includes a number of non-
mandatory recommendations, the Company either applies the
provisions of the Dutch Code or, if applicable, explains and gives
sound reasons for their non-application. While the Company, in
its continuous efforts to adhere to the highest standards, applies
most of the current recommendations of the Dutch Code, it
must, in accordance with the “apply or explain” principle, provide
the explanations below. For the full text of the Dutch Code,
please refer to www.commissiecorporategovernance.nl.
development and application of procurement processes
and tools across all Airbus Group Divisions. Richter is also
responsible for the Airbus Group Regional Sourcing Offices
in the US, India, and China. Klaus Richter joined Airbus Group
in November 2007 as Executive Vice President Procurement
for Airbus. Before joining the Group, Richter was Senior Vice
President Materials Purchasing for BMW, based in Munich,
Germany. In this position, he was heading all supplier
relations for direct materials and equipment across the entire
company. Klaus Richter began his professional career with
McKinsey & Company in 1993 as a management consultant
for automotive, electronics and aerospace businesses and
product development, a role which he retained until he joined
the BMW Group in 2003 as Head of Purchasing Strategy for
production materials. Richter graduated from the Technical
University of Munich where he obtained a doctorate in
mechanical engineering in 1991. After graduation he received
a Humboldt scholarship and spent two years as a researcher
and teacher at the University of California at Berkeley.
Harald Wilhelm – Airbus Group and Airbus CFO
Harald Wilhelm has been Chief Financial Officer of Airbus
Group and Airbus since 1 June 2012 and is a member of the
Group Executive Committee. He has held the role of Airbus
CFO since 1 February 2008. Previously, he was Airbus’ Chief
Controlling Officer and deputy to the Chief Financial Officer, a
position to which he was appointed on 1January 2007. Prior
to this, he was Senior Vice President, Airbus Financial Control,
a role he held from 2003 to 2006. Wilhelm joined Airbus in
2000 as Senior Vice President, Accounting, Tax and Financial
Services. Before joining Airbus, Harald Wilhelm had been
Vice President Mergers and Acquisitions at DaimlerChrysler
Aerospace from 1998, where he worked on projects including
the integration of Airbus into a single company. Prior to this,
he had been Senior Manager M&A at Daimler-Benz Aerospace
from 1995 to 1998 and M&A Manager for the company
between 1992 and 1993. Born in April 1966 in Munich, Harald
Wilhelm holds a degree in Business Studies from Ludwig
Maximilians University in Munich.
Tom Williams – Airbus Chief Operating Officer
Tom Williams became Chief Operating Officer on 1 January
2015. In this role he is responsible for the overall operations of
Airbus including Engineering, Procurement and Supply Chain
Management. He is also a member of Airbus Group Executive
Committee and Airbus Executive Committee. Previously,
Williams was Airbus Executive Vice President Programmes,
a position he held since July 2005. In this role he was in charge
of ensuring the profitability of the civil programmes, of leading
the product policy and the development of new products, as
well as ensuring proper delivery to the customers. Before
being appointed to this position, he had been Executive Vice
President Procurement from February 2004. After completing
an apprenticeship with Rolls-Royce Aero Engines in 1972,
Tom Williams went on to carry out increasingly senior roles in
a number of UK manufacturing companies. In 1992, he was
appointed Operations Manager for Cummins Engines, looking
after all manufacturing at the company’s 1,200-strong Scottish
factory. At the start of 1995, he became Manufacturing and
Business Group Director for the Sensors activity of Pilkington
Optronics – a joint venture with Thomson CSF of France.
Focusing initially on the introduction of “lean manufacturing”
techniques, he also became involved in integrating Thorn
EMI Electro Optics into the business. Williams joined British
Aerospace (now BAE Systems) in 1997 as Site Director and
General Manager at the Prestwick site of the company’s
Aerostructures division. He worked as Operations Director
– Internal Supply, within the company’s Military Aircraft and
Aerostructures Division, then Eurofighter Operations Director
with responsibilities that included manufacturing and other
business functions at the Warton and Salmesbury sites of BAE
Systems. In November 2000, Tom Williams became Managing
Director and General Manager of Airbus UK, a position he held
until he became Airbus’ Executive Vice President Procurement
in 2004. Tom Williams was born in Glasgow in 1952. During his
apprenticeship he gained an HNC in Production Engineering
and in 1988 an MBA from Glasgow University.
4.1.2 Dutch Corporate Governance Code, “ComplyorExplain”
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