New Airbus President and CEO appoints Executive Committee

Following the appointment by the EADS Board of Directors, Fabrice Bregier, previously Airbus Chief Operating Officer, has taken over as Airbus President and CEO. He succeeds Tom Enders, who has now taken over as EADS CEO. Fabrice Bregier starts his five year tenure with the appointment of the Airbus Executive Committee:
Guenter Butschek is the new Airbus Chief Operating Officer, in charge of Operations, Engineering, Procurement, Quality & Lean, IT & Communications Technology. John Leahy remains Chief Operating Officer – Customers, Tom Williams, Executive Vice President (EVP) Programmes; Charles Champion, EVP Engineering and Domingo Urena-Raso Head of Airbus Military. Three EC Members have in addition to their main Airbus function also an EADS corporate responsibility: Chief Financial Officer (CFO) Harald Wilhelm, the EVP Human Resources Thierry Baril and the EVP Procurement Klaus Richter.