AIRBUS - 2019 Universal Registration Document
Corporate Governance / 4.1 Management and Control
Jean-Brice Dumont – Executive Vice President Engineering Jean-Brice Dumont was appointed Executive Vice President Engineering at Airbus in April 2019 and is a Member of the Company’s Executive Committee. With over two decades of industry experience, he joined Airbus Commercial Aircraft in this role in January 2018 after six successful years as Executive Vice President, Engineering and Chief Technical Offi cer at Airbus Helicopters. Beyond his Engineering leadership, Jean-Brice strongly promotes diversity, teamwork and core human values such as humility and respect. Jean-Brice Dumont joined Eurocopter, the predecessor company to Airbus Helicopters, in February 2004. There, he worked as an Engineer and Development Project Manager for the NH90 programme, prior to becoming the NH90 Chief Engineer and NH Industries’ Technical Director from 2008 to 2012. A licensed French Army Aviation pilot, Dumont started his career with the country’s DGA military procurement agency in 1996, where he worked on the Tiger and Super Puma rotorcraft programs before ultimately being appointed the organisation’s Chief Test Director for the Tiger helicopter in 2002. Jean-Brice Dumont is a graduate of France’s École Polytechnique and of the ISAE Aerospace Institute. He was born in 1971, is married with two sons and enjoys running marathons and swimming. Bruno Even – Chief Executive Officer – Airbus Helicopters Bruno Even was appointed Chief Executive Offi cer (CEO) of Airbus Helicopters as of 1 April 2018. He is a Member of the Airbus Executive Committee. He joined the Company from Safran, where he held various management positions at the Helicopter Engines and Electronic & Defence businesses. Since 2015, he served as Chief Executive Offi cer of Safran Helicopter Engines (ex-Turbomeca). Prior to that position, he was CEO of Safran Electronics & Defence (exSagem). Bruno Even graduated from the École Polytechnique and began his professional career in 1992 at the French Ministry of Defence, where he was in charge of developing the space component for the Helios II satellite. In 1997, he transferred to the Ministry of Foreign Affairs to become technical advisor for the Director of Strategic Affairs, Security and Disarmament. He moved to the private sector and joined Safran in 1999. John Harrison – General Counsel John Harrison has been General Counsel since June 2015. 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 fi rmClifford Chance, working consecutively in their London, New York and Paris offi ces. He joined Airbus then Technip S.A. where he served as Group General Counsel and Member of the Executive Committee from 2007 to 2015.
Prior to joining Technip, Mr Harrison fulfilled various senior legal positions in Airbus companies over a 10 year period culminating his tenure from 2003 to 2007 as General Counsel of the EADS Defence Division. John Harrison was born on 12 July 1967 in the United Kingdom. Dirk Hoke – Chief Executive Officer – Airbus Defence and Space Dirk Hoke is the designated Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus Defence and Space as of 1 April 2016. He started on 1 January 2016 as Deputy CEO. He is a Member of the Executive Committee. Dirk Hoke joined Airbus from Siemens, where he had been CEO of the Large Drives Business Unit since 2014. He has held various executive-level positions at Siemens since becoming CEO of the Cluster Western & Central Africa in 2008. His career spans 21 years and five continents. In 1994, Dirk Hoke began his professional career as R&D Engineer for process and software analysis in the automotive industry at Renault in Paris. In 1996, he joined Siemens through an international trainee programme with assignments in Germany, Argentina and Austria. He then held various management posts in the Transportation Systems Division based in Germany. He relocated to Sacramento, USA, as Head of the Transportation Systems restructuring team in 2001. Dirk Hoke continued his professional career at Siemens as General Manager for the Transrapid Propulsion and Power Supply Subdivision from 2002 to 2005 including the Shanghai “Maglev” project. He was then promoted to President of Siemens Transportation Systems China and made Siemens the largest foreign railway supplier in the country. In 2008, Dirk Hoke moved to Morocco to lead Siemens’ Africa activities. He returned to Germany in 2011 to become the Division CEO of Industrial Solutions with the special task to build up the services business for the Industry Sector. Afterwards, he was called upon to restructure the Large Drives Business Unit. Dirk Hoke holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Technical University of Brunswick, Germany. In 2010, Dirk Hoke became a member of the Young Global Leader Class of the World Economic Forum and in 2013, member of the Baden Baden Entrepreneur Talks. Born on 2 April 1969, Dirk Hoke is married with two children. Julie Kitcher – Executive Vice President Communications and Corporate Affairs Julie Kitcher is EVP Communications and Corporate Affairs of Airbus and a Member of the Executive Committee. Julie leads all external and internal communication activities. The role also oversees and co-ordinates the transformation agenda of Airbus. This includes Corporate Audit, Performance Management, Responsibility andSustainability and Environmental Affairs. She is also Chief of Staff to the CEO. Previously, fromMay 2015 to April 2019, she was Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communication for Airbus. In this role, Julie was responsible for the development, management, consistency and communication of the Airbus Equity Story, Vision and Strategy to the financial markets. One of her core
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