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4. Corporate Governance 4.1 Management and Control

Philippe Mhun – Executive Vice-President Programmes and Services of the Commercial Aircraft business Philippe Mhun was appointed Executive Vice-President Programmes & Services for Airbus, in January 2019, and is a member of the Company’s Executive Committee. He is responsible for all current commercial aircraft programmes (A220, A320Family, A330, A350), as well as for their Support and Services activities, and is leading the Future Programmes organisation since January 2024. In his previous role as Head of Customer Services since October 2016, Philippe Mhun was responsible for all Airbus Support and Services activities including the supervision of the Services Business Unit and affiliated subsidiaries, such as Satair, Navblue and Sepang. Prior to this assignment, Philippe was Senior Vice-President Procurement for Equipment, Systems and Support, a position he held since 2013. Philippe joined Airbus in November 2004 as Vice-President A380 Programme within Customer Services to prepare and support the A380 entry-into-service. He then became Vice-President Programmes in Airbus Customer Services leading Single Aisle, Long Range, Widebody, A380 and A350 Programmes together with e-Operations and Supplier Support activities. Before joining Airbus, Philippe held various positions within UTA and Air France, starting as a Structure Engineer for Boeing 747 at UTA all the way up to becoming the Head of Long-Haul Fleet Engineering and Maintenance in Air France. Philippe Mhun holds a degree from the Applied Sciences National Institute (INSA Lyon) as a mechanical engineer. Philippe was born in 1962. He is married with three children. In his free time, Philippe enjoys motor biking and sport, he has a black belt in judo. Christian Scherer – Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Aircraft business Christian Scherer was appointed Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Aircraft business of Airbus in January 2024 and is a Member of the Company’s Executive Committee. In the period before, he was Airbus Chief Commercial Officer and Head of Airbus International and a Member of the Executive Committee from 2018. Previously he was Chief Executive Officer of ATR for a period of two years, after having been Head of Airbus Group International, responsible for driving the overall Airbus Group Internationalisation strategy from 2015 to 2016. 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. He returned to headquarters as Vice-President Leasing Markets. 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 important role in the Commercial activity, he took on the role of Head of Strategy and Future Programmes at Airbus in 2005, 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 like the US final assembly lines. In 2012, he moved to another part of the company when he was appointed Head of Sales & International Operations at Cassidian in Munich, Germany. Upon integration of Airbus’ Defence, Space and Military aircraft businesses, he became the Head of Marketing & Sales of this new division until 2015. He also chaired BDLI’s defence and security forum whilst 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, where he was COO and a member of the company’s Management Board from 2015 until his departure. 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. 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 Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Operations GmbH, Managing Director of Airbus Defence and Space GmbH, member of the Board of Directors of Airbus US Space & Defense Inc. and member of the Board of Directors of Stratasys Ltd (NASDAQ: SSYS). He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and a PhD in Control Engineering, both from the Helmut Schmidt University. Thomas Toepfer – Chief Financial Officer Thomas Toepfer was appointed Chief Financial Officer and member of the Executive Committee on 1 September 2023. Prior to this assignment, Thomas Toepfer was Member of the Board of Management, CFO and Labour Director at Covestro AG, a leading German company producing polyurethane and polycarbonate raw materials.

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