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4. Corporate Governance 4.1 Management and Control

Matthieu Louvot – Executive Vice-President Strategy Matthieu Louvot was appointed Executive Vice-President Strategy in January 2024. He was previously Executive Vice-President for Programmes of Airbus Helicopters, a role he had held since September 2019. Matthieu joined Eurocopter as Vice-President and Head of Strategy and Company Development beginning in April 2010. From June 2013 to March 2016, Louvot served as Senior Vice-President Support & Services and from April 2016 to September 2019, as the Executive Vice-President Customer Support & Services. Before joining Airbus Helicopters, Louvot served for three years as Adviser for Industry, Energy and Transportation to President Nicolas Sarkozy at the French Presidency. From 2005 to 2007, he was the Adviser for Budget and Regional Development to Nicolas Sarkozy, Minister of Interior and Regional Development, and prior to this assignment he served as Adviser for Economic, Budget and Consular matters to Michel Barnier, Minister of Foreign Affairs. A married father of two children, Matthieu is a graduate of the Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale d’Administration. Wouter van Wersch Executive – Vice-President International Wouter van Wersch was appointed Executive Vice-President International starting 1 January 2024. In this pivotal role, he takes up the strategic mission of strengthening Airbus’ International organisation, ensuring it is best positioned to drive profitable growth across all three businesses as well as enhance the company’s global impact. Wouter joined Airbus in 2020 as Executive Vice-President Europe Region & Sales with the mission of enhancing cross-business capabilities in Europe as well as growing the commercial aircraft market share. His 29-year career to date has involved marketing, sales, and general management roles for a number of multinational companies in various parts of the world, including 15 years in Asia Pacific. Wouter started his career at Havas in 1994 in international marketing and project management before joining Airbus (formerly EADS) in 1997 as Sales Manager Asia. In 2000, he joined Alcatel-Lucent, where he served in several positions, including as Business Development Director Europe, Sales Director Asia Pacific in China, and Country Manager in Indonesia. In 2006, Wouter joined Alstom as Vice-President Marketing and Sales for Northern Europe, based in the Netherlands. He was then promoted Senior Vice-President East Asia Pacific and moved to Singapore, before becoming Leader of the General Electric (GE) – Alstom integration Growth team in 2014. On completion of the Alstom acquisition in 2015, Wouter was appointed President and CEO of GE ASEAN, before being named a GE Officer in 2016 and, subsequently, President and CEO of GE Asia Pacific in 2018. Wouter was also a Board Member of the Singapore Economic Development Board between 2017 and 2020.

Born in Hamburg, Germany, in 1972, Toepfer holds a PhD in Business Administration from Otto Beisheim Graduate School of Management (WHU), Koblenz. He worked as a consultant with McKinsey & Company, Inc. and in leading management positions for KION Group AG, Karstadt Warenhaus GmbH amongst others. 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 and commercial services businesses 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. With 10,000 employees, Airbus Americas encompasses regional corporate offices; engineering, training and innovation centres; MROs, spare parts distribution facilities; imagery drone services and large-scale manufacturing facilities producing commercial aircraft, helicopters, and satellites. Additionally, Jeff chairs Acubed by Airbus, the company’s Silicon Valley-based innovation arm; is a board member of Airbus Ventures, which invests in early stage technologies across the globe; and is a member of the Airbus Canada Limited Partnership Board – a multibillion-dollar joint venture between Airbus and the Province of Quebec to procure parts, assemble, and market the world’s most modern commercial aircraft, the A220. Jeff has more than 35 years of experience in aerospace and transportation finance. Before joining Airbus, Mr. Knittel was Chief Executive Officer of C2 Aviation Capital (C2), a global organisation focused on acquiring, leasing and managing commercial aircraft. Prior to leading C2 Aviation Capital, he served in increasingly senior leadership positions at CIT Group Inc. His final position there was President of CIT Transportation Finance, a $ 21 billion diversified organisation that provided leasing and financing solutions for the aerospace, rail and maritime industries, including commercial airlines, business aircraft operators, railroads and shippers. Jeff is currently the Vice Chair of the Board and Chair of the Nominations Committee of the Smithsonian’s National Air and Space Museum, on the Executive Committee and the Board of Governors of the USO, and a member of the Board and Executive Committee of the Atlantic Council. He recently completed his second 3-year term on the Board of Trustees of the National WWII Museum. Jeff is a former President and emeritus member of the Board of Governors of the Wings Club and the former Chairman of the Board of Just One Break, a not-for-profit institution founded by Eleanor Roosevelt for the disabled and later merged with The Viscardi Center. Jeff holds a bachelor’s degree in aviation management from Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University. In addition, he graduated from the Advanced Management Program at the University of Pennsylvania’s Wharton School of Business.

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