Chairman of the Investment Committee of Airbus Ventures
Born on July 1st, 1956 in Mazamet (Tarn – France) – French nationality
Graduated from Ecole des Hautes Etudes Commerciales (HEC-1978)
Graduated from Institut d’Etudes Politiques de Paris (IEP-1978)
Graduated from Ecole Nationale d’Administration (ENA-1983)

• 1983 – “Cour des Comptes” (French government audit agency) Public Auditor
• 1987 – Member of the”United Nations Board of Auditors”
• 1988 – Banque La Henin (Suez Group) Chief Financial Officer
• 1991 – Credisuez (Suez Group) Chief Financial Officer and Executive Vice President International Development
• June 1991 – Aerospatiale – Chief Financial Officer
• December 1999 – Chief Financial Officer, Aerospatiale Matra (resulting from the merger between Aerospatiale and Matra Space and Defense), CAC 40 listed company
• July 2000 Member of the Executive Committee of EADS
  Head of the Space Systems Division of EADS
• June 2006 Member of the Executive Committee of EADS
  Chief Executive Officer of ASTRIUM (former Space Division of EADS), first European space company and n°3 worldwide
• December 2008 Member of the Executive Committee of EADS
  Chief Executive Officer of ASTRIUM
  Coordinator between ASTRIUM (Space Division of EADS) and Cassidian (Defense Division of EADS)
• July 2014 Member of the Executive Committee of Airbus Group
  Chairman and CEO of Airbus Defence and Space * France
  Chief Executive Officer of Space Systems
  July 2016 Chairman of the Investment Committee of AIRBUS VENTURES

* Airbus Defence and Space is the result of the merger between Astrium, Cassidian and Airbus Military