Background

Bouis, Xavier Albert was born on May 13, 1946 in Paris. Son of Alain Louis Bouis and Marguerite Jacqueline DuBoc.

Education

Degree in engineering, Polytechnic University Paris, 1967. Degree in engineering, Ecole National Superieure de Aeronautical, Paris, 1970.

Career

Manager testing Office National d'Etudes et de Research Aerospatiales, Modane, France, 1977—1986. Deputy director general European Transonic Wind Tunnel Project, Cologne, Germany, 1986—1992. Director general ETW GmbH, Germany, 1992—1993.

Director computing engineering and testing facility Office National d'Etudes et de Research Aerospatiales, Chatillon, France, 1994—1997, since 1997.

Membership

Colonel, armament engineer, French military, 1968-1995. Member of American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics.

Interests

• Other Interests

  Rock climbing, skiing, windsurfing.

Connections

Married Chantal Marie Martin de Lagarde, October 28, 1968. Children: Frederic, Alexis, Segolene.

father:

Alain Louis Bouis

mother:

Marguerite Jacqueline DuBoc

spouse:

Chantal Marie Martin de Lagarde

child:

Frederic Bouis

child:

Alexis Bouis

child:

Segolene Bouis