Restructuring Initiatives Underway as Airbus Prepares for 2024

Restructuring Initiatives Underway as Airbus Prepares for 2024

(IN BRIEF) Airbus is undergoing significant leadership changes, forming a Commercial Aircraft management team led by Christian Scherer. The leadership team will focus on addressing current operational challenges while also planning for future strategies. Effective January 1, 2024, the Airbus leadership team includes key figures, and the Commercial Aircraft management team will oversee crucial aspects of the business. The changes aim to position Airbus for a dynamic future while maintaining unity and shared values among leadership. The Airbus Executive Committee will consist of 13 members, with additional appointments forthcoming, and the new organizational structure will be established in collaboration with social partners starting in 2024.

(PRESS RELEASE) TOULOUSE, 12-Oct-2023 — /EuropaWire/ — Airbus SE (EPA: AIR), a European multinational aerospace corporation, is undergoing significant changes in its leadership team under the guidance of CEO Guillaume Faury. The company is also introducing a dedicated Commercial Aircraft business management team led by Christian Scherer.

Guillaume Faury, CEO of Airbus, expressed the need to align the company for future challenges, “Looking at our key priorities, we want to put the Company in the right configuration for the future. Our leadership team will further focus on the operational challenges of today, while addressing strategy and transformation to secure the future in all our businesses. This will require constant attention and stewardship from this leadership team – united around a common purpose and sharing Airbus’ core values – in order to be successful in the fast-changing global environment that has become our new normal.”

Christian Scherer, CEO of Commercial Aircraft, shared his enthusiasm for assembling a team of accomplished leaders to meet the industry’s demands head-on, “Our customers, partners and stakeholders expect total commitment from Airbus to deliver on the ambitions and operational objectives of our Commercial Aircraft business. I’m excited to assemble a team of talented and recognised leaders at such a critical time for our industry. I’m looking forward to tackling the challenges and exploiting the opportunities together with this exceptional team.”

Effective from January 1, 2024, the new Airbus leadership team, headed by CEO Guillaume Faury, will include key members such as:

• Thierry Baril, Chief Human Resources Officer*
• Bruno Even, CEO Airbus Helicopters*
• Alberto Gutierrez, EVP Special Industrial Projects*
• John Harrison, General Counsel*
• Catherine Jestin, EVP Digital and Information Management*
• Julie Kitcher, Chief Sustainability Officer and Communications*
• Sabine Klauke, Chief Technology Officer*
• Christian Scherer, CEO Commercial Aircraft*
• Mike Schoellhorn, CEO Airbus Defence and Space*
• Thomas Toepfer, Chief Financial Officer*
• Jeff Knittel, Chairman and CEO Airbus Americas
• Matthieu Louvot, EVP Strategy
• Wouter van Wersch, EVP International
• George Xu, CEO Airbus China

Additionally, starting from January 1, 2024, the new Commercial Aircraft management team, led by CEO Commercial Aircraft Christian Scherer, will include:

• Stella Belvisi, General Counsel
• Maggie Bergsma, Head of Communications
• Mathieu Callewaert, EVP Human Resources
• Thomas Hundt, EVP Finance
• Sabine Klauke, EVP Engineering*
• Florent Massou dit Labaquère, EVP Operations*
• Philippe Mhun, EVP Programmes and Services*
• Benoît de Saint-Exupéry, EVP Sales

The roles marked with (*) have been proposed by the CEO and approved by the Board of Directors to form the Airbus Executive Committee, consisting of 13 members. The Executive Committee will support the CEO in managing Airbus and will be chaired by the CEO, comprising the heads of major functions and businesses.

Airbus plans to implement these organizational changes from January 1, 2024, in collaboration with its social partners, following discussions during a meeting of the European Works Council (SE-WC) on October 12, 2023. Further appointments may follow as part of this restructuring process.

Media contacts:

Guillaume Steuer
Head of External Communications – Airbus
Phone: +33 6 73 82 11 68
guillaume.steuer@airbus.com

Stefan Schaffrath
Head of External Communications – Airbus Commercial Aircraft
Phone: +33 6 16 09 55 92
stefan.schaffrath@airbus.com

Justin Dubon
External Communications – Airbus
Phone: +33674974951
justin.dubon@airbus.com

SOURCE: AIRBUS