Airbus // Universal Registration Document 2021
4. Corporate Governance / 4.1 Management and Control
Michael is President of BDLI, the association of the German aviation industry as well as a presidium member of BDI, the association of the German Industry. He is Chai rman of the Super visor y Board of Ai rbus Operations GmbH, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, member of the Board of Directors of Airbus Defence and Space Inc. US and member of the Board of Directors of Stratasys Ltd (NASDAQ: SSYS). Michael Schöllhorn holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Control Engineering from the Helmut Schmidt University. Antoine Bouvier – Head of Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Public Affairs Antoine Bouvier has been appointed Head of Strategy, Mergers & Acquisitions and Public Affairs Airbus, effective 1 June 2019. Antoine Bouvier joins Airbus from MBDA where he had been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) since June 2007. From January 2002 to June 2007, he was CEO of Astrium Satellites (now part of Airbus Defence and Space). Previously, he was Executive Vice-President in charge of the Commercial Helicopter Division of Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters). In 1990, Antoine Bouvier joined Aérospatiale as Assistant to the Director of the company’s Civil Aircraft Division. In 1991, he became Director of the Division’s Department of Strategic Analysis. From 1992 until 1994, he was Secretary General and Industrial Director of ATR GIE. From 1994 until 1998, he was Vice-President Operations of ATR, going on to become President of ATR GIE between 1998 and 2001. Antoine Bouvier started his career as an auditor at the Cour des Comptes. He graduated from the École Polytechnique (1981- 1984) and of the École Nationale d’Administration (1984 -1986). C. Jeffrey Knittel – Chairman and Chief Executive Officer Airbus Americas C. Jeffrey (Jeff ) Knittel is the Chairman and CEO of Airbus Americas, Inc. In addition, he is the Head of Region for the Americas and as such reports directly to the Airbus CEO. He is responsible for Airbus’ commercial aircraft business throughout the Americas, as well as for providing leadership for the company’s market leading helicopter business and its space and defence unit in North America. Additionally, Knittel chairs A3 by Airbus, the company’s Silicon Valley-based innovation arm; is a Board Member of Airbus Ventures, which scouts and invests in early stage technologies across the globe; and a member of the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Board – a multibillion dollar joint venture of Airbus, Bombardier, and the Province of Quebec to procure parts, assemble, and market the world’s most modern commercial aircraft, the A220. Wi th more than 5,000 employees, Ai rbus Amer icas encompasses the regional corporate offices, engineering and innovation centers, training facilities, MROs and spare parts distribution centers, imagery and drone services, as well as large scale manufacturing facilities producing commercial aircraft, helicopters, and satellites.
Christian started his professional career in 1984 when he joined Airbus Industrie as a Commercial Contracts Manager. He was seconded to the US between 1987 and 1994 as Vice-President Contracts of Airbus North America, responsible for pricing, financial performance, negotiation and implementation of all sales transactions in North America. On his return to headquarters, as Vice-President Leasing Markets, he developed and managed an integrated sales division covering all commercial activities dealing with operating leasing companies and other financial institutions worldwide. In 1999, he was appointed Vice-President Contracts and Pricing worldwide while retaining leadership of the Leasing Markets Division and in 2003 he also became the Deputy Head of Commercial. Following his time in Commercial, he became Head of Strategy and Future Programs at Airbus, responsible for defining Airbus’ long-term strategic objectives and for driving the genesis of future aircraft product offerings and programmes, such as the A320neo, as well as Airbus’ international development in terms of the US final assembly lines. In 2012, he was appointed Head of Sales & International Operations at Cassidian in Munich, Germany, responsible for Sales, Marketing, Strategy and Cassidian’s International Subsidiaries including Brazil, India, KSA, UAE, UK and US. Upon integration of Airbus’ Defence, Space and Military aircraft businesses, he became the Head of Marketing & Sales of Airbus Defence and Space and Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH. In that role, he held the overall responsibility for all Sales &Marketing activities. He also chaired BDLI’s defence and security forumwhilst being a member of the BDLI presidium. Born in 1962 in Duisburg, Germany, and raised in Toulouse, France, Christian Scherer holds an MBA from the University of Ottawa and graduated from the Paris Business School (ESCP) in 1984. Michael Schöllhorn – Chief Executive Officer Airbus Defence and Space Michael Schoellhorn has been Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Airbus Defence and Space since 1 July 2021 and is a member of Airbus’ Executive Committee, responsible for Airbus’s defence, space, unmanned air services and connected intelligence activities. Previously, he was Airbus Chief Operating Officer (COO) and a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. In this position, he led the production, quality, procurement and information management organisations, transforming and building the production system of the future. Michael joined Airbus in February 2019 from BSH Home Appliances GmbH in Munich, where he was COO and a member of the BSH Management Board from 2015. Michael began his career in 1984 in the German armed forces, where he served as an officer and a helicopter pilot until 1994, with assignments in Germany and the US. Michael worked in academia as a research assistant at the Helmut Schmidt University (University of the German armed forces) in Hamburg (1994-1999). He started out his career with Bosch in 1999 and held various senior management positions in the automotive sector in the US, the Czech Republic and Germany before being appointed EVP for Manufacturing and Quality in 2012.
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