Airbus // Universal Registration Document 2021
4. Corporate Governance / 4.1 Management and Control
In this role he was responsible for the worldwide operations of the military aircraft business, including manufacturing and production in all the different sites of the company, setting up the A400MFinal Assembly Line in Seville, the A330 Tanker Conversion Centres in Madrid, Brisbane (Australia) and Bournemouth (UK), the revitalisation of the Indonesian Aerospace Industry and the restructuring of the company’s Polish subsidiary in Warsaw PZL as well as the defence business in Portugal through the Portuguese Company OGMA. Alberto Gutiérrez´s career started in 1985 as a young engineer in the former CASA in Getafe, working and gaining experience in different positions in Manufacturing and Production, IT, Planning and Programmes. Alberto Gutiérrez has a Telecommunications Engineering degree from the Universidad Politécnica of Madrid and holds a master in Information System Management. John Harrison – General Counsel John Harrison has been General Counsel since June 2015 and he is a member of the Airbus 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 firmClifford 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 Executive Committee from 2007 to 2015. Prior to joining Technip, Mr Harrison fulfilled various senior legal positions in Airbus companies over a ten 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. Catherine Jestin – Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management Catherine Jestin has been Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management at Airbus since 1 July 2021 and is a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. The main focus of Catherine’s organisation is to foster digital innovation across Airbus’ industrial ecosystem and its products and services portfolio, accelerating data analytics, artificial intelligence, automation and services for customers as well as digital security for the Company. Catherine works to reinforce the transversal cooperation across Airbus functions company-wide in order to continue the successful deployment of the Digital Design, Manufacturing & Services (DDMS) programme, established to enable co-design capabilities and digital continuity system-wide. Catherine had previously held the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Airbus since March 2020. In this role, she was responsible for driving state-of-the-art Information Technology systems and solutions in support of Airbus employees, customers and suppliers.
Following on from his experience at Alstom Energy, in 1998 Thierry Baril became Managing Director of Human Resources for Europe for GE (General Electric) at their Belfort Headquarters, followed by Vice-President of Human Resources at Alcatel Space’s Headquarters in Toulouse from 2000. Thierry Baril holds a University Degree in Personnel Management (Diplôme Universitaire de Technologie en Gestion des Entreprises et des Administrations), as well as a Business Page 2 of 2 Degree in Human Resources Management and Development from the Institut de Gestion Sociale (IGS) in Paris. Thierry Baril was born in February 1965 in Suresnes, France. In 2007, he was appointed as a Chevalier de l’Ordre National du Mérite and was further commended as a Chevalier de l’Ordre National de la Légion d’Honneur in 2012. In 2013, he was named HR Director of the year by Hudson, Le Figaro Economie and Cadremploi Group. Bruno Even – Chief Executive Officer – Airbus Helicopters Bruno Even was appointed Chief Executive Officer (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 Officer of Safran Helicopter Engines (ex-Turbomeca). Prior to that position, he was CEO of Safran Electronics & Defence (ex- Sagem). 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. Alberto Gutiérrez – Chief Operating Officer Alberto Gutiérrez has been Chief Operating Officer (COO) of Airbus since 1 July 2021 and is a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. He leads the production, quality and procurement organisations. His overriding goal is to ensure the speed, efficiency and quality of aircraft production at Airbus. As the Company embarks on an era of digital and series manufacturing, Alberto’s role is to implement continuous operational excellence and to develop the production system of the future. In addition, he is Head of Airbus Spain, in charge of overseeing the Company’s overall business activities in the country. He was previously Head of Military Aircraft within Airbus Defence and Space and a member of the Division’s Executive Committee since 1 January 2019, after having led Operations for Airbus Military Aircraft since July 2017, and Combat Air Systems since January 2016. He was CEO for Eurofighter GmbH from 2013 to 2015, and Chief Operating Officer (COO) for Airbus Military from 2007 to 2013.
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