Education
After a 1978 graduation from the École nationale supérieure de l"aéronautique et de l"espace in Toulouse, he obtained a Master of Science from Stanford University.
After a 1978 graduation from the École nationale supérieure de l"aéronautique et de l"espace in Toulouse, he obtained a Master of Science from Stanford University.
In 1993 he was appointed Director of Airbus Programmes at Aérospatiale"s Paris headquarters, and in 1995 became managing director of the military transport project named Future Large Aircraft or A400M. From 1999 to 2000, he served as Product Executive for Airbus Single Aisle Programme. He also served as programme manager for the development of the Airbus A380 until its conclusion in 2006. In 2007, he was appointed Executive Vice President in charge of Customer Services.
This was a post he held until April 2010, when he became Executive Vice President Engineering in April 2010.
In 2013 he was appointed Chairman, Airbus India, a subsidiary of Airbus.