Guillaume Faury
Guillaume Faury | |
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Title | CEO of Airbus |
Guillaume Faury (born 22 February 1968) is a French engineer and businessman. He is the current chief executive officer (CEO) at the aerospace corporation Airbus SE[2] and he also serves as the chairman of its civil aircraft division, Airbus SAS.[3]
Career
Working at
In March 2013 Faury replaced Lutz Bertling as the CEO of Airbus Helicopters.[4] As the new CEO, he faced the H225 crash in Norway, killing all thirteen people on board and grounding all H225 helicopters used in North Sea oil exploitation for a 15-month period. The sale of the helicopter model to the Polish Armed Forces was cancelled. Faury restructured the X4 program leading to the
Faury replaced Fabrice Brégier as Airbus Commercial Aircraft COO from February 2018.[4] On 8 October 2018, the Airbus Board of Directors selected him to succeed Tom Enders as Airbus CEO, starting from 10 April 2019.[6] Faury will have to shape Airbus' response to the
On 1 December 2022, Faury was one of the guests invited to a
Personal life
He is married to his wife Maria Faury. They have three children.[11][12]
Other activities
- European Round Table for Industry (ERT), Member[13]
References
- ^ "Guillaume FAURY - President & CEO - Eurocopter, an EADS company". www.eurocopter.com. Archived from the original on 18 June 2013. Retrieved 30 June 2022.
- ^ "Board and Board Committees". 8 July 2021.
- ^ "AIRBUS (Entreprises) - Data INPI".
- ^ a b c Dominic Perry (15 December 2017). "New Airbus commercial boss Faury is strong choice for role". Flightglobal.
- ^ Jens Flottau and Tony Osborne (18 December 2017). "Airbus Facing Leadership Changes Amid Turmoil, Corruption Probes". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
- ^ "Airbus Board of Directors Selects Guillaume Faury Future Chief Executive Officer" (Press release). Airbus. 8 October 2018.
- ^ Jens Flottau (11 October 2018). "New Airbus CEO Faury Faces Crucial Strategy Decisions". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
- ^ Guillaume-faury-reappointed-as-airbus-ceo-by-shareholders
- ^ How-guillaume-faury-is-readying-airbus-for-better-times
- New York Times.
- from the original on 4 December 2022. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- ^ "Guillaume Faury - Airbus biography" (PDF). www.airbus.com. June 2023. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 January 2024. Retrieved 12 January 2024.
- European Round Table of Industrialists.