Airbus appoints Eric Schulz successor to John Leahy

Airbus has appointed Eric Schulz, EVP, Chief of Sales, Marketing & Contracts for the company’s Commercial Aircraft business. In this function, he will join Airbus at the end of January 2018 and will report to Chief Executive Officer Tom Enders. Schulz comes from Rolls-Royce where he has been serving as President – Civil Aerospace since January 2016. At Airbus, he will succeed John Leahy, who has been at the helm of the Commercial Aircraft’s Sales organisation since 1994.