Guillaume Faury

Guillaume Faury
Born (1968-02-22) 22 February 1968
Cherbourg-Octeville, France
Nationality French
Education École Polytechnique
Supaéro
Occupation COO Airbus Commercial

Guillaume Faury is a French engineer and executive.

Career

At Eurocopter during 10 years, he was the EC225 chief engineer, responsible of the heavy helicopter flight tests and ended as executive vice-president for research and development. In 2010, he became executive vice-president for research and development at car maker Peugeot.[1]

He then replaced Lutz Bertling as Airbus Helicopters CEO from March 2013.[1] There, he faced the H225 crash in Norway, killing all 13 onboard and grounding it for 15 month for North Sea oil exploitation, and bitterness over its lost sale to the Polish Armed Forces. He restructured the X4 program leading to the H160 medium helicopter development to be introduced in 2019, and launched the X6 development for a fly-by-wire successor to the Super Puma. He began significant R&D programs like the high-speed X3 Racer or CityAirbus program.[2]

He replaced Fabrice Brégier as Airbus Commercial Aircraft COO from February 2018.[1] On 8 October 2018, the Airbus Board of directors selected him to succeed Tom Enders as Airbus CEO from 10 April 2019.[3] He will have to shape Airbus' response to the Boeing New Midsize Airplane, face A320neo production and operational challenges, complete A400M negotiations and address slower-selling models like the A330neo.[4]

References

  1. 1 2 3 Dominic Perry (15 Dec 2017). "New Airbus commercial boss Faury is strong choice for role". Flightglobal.
  2. ↑ Jens Flottau and Tony Osborne (Dec 18, 2017). "Airbus Facing Leadership Changes Amid Turmoil, Corruption Probes". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
  3. ↑ "Airbus Board of Directors Selects Guillaume Faury Future Chief Executive Officer" (Press release). Airbus. 8 October 2018.
  4. ↑ Jens Flottau (Oct 11, 2018). "New Airbus CEO Faury Faces Crucial Strategy Decisions". Aviation Week & Space Technology.
Business positions
Preceded by
Fabrice Brégier		 COO of Airbus
2018–present		 Succeeded by
Incumbent



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