Airbus has appointed Catherine Jestin as Executive Vice President Digital and Information Management, effective July 1, 2021. In this role, she will join the Executive Committee and report to Guillaume Faury, Airbus CEO.
Jestin will work to reinforce the transversal cooperation across Airbus functions company-wide to continue the successful deployment of the Digital Design, Manufacturing and Services (DDMS) program, established to enable co-design capabilities and digital continuity system-wide. She will also leverage and coordinate digital talent pools across the organization to support the wider transformation of Airbus’ ways of working through state-of-the-art digital tools, technologies, and processes, while ensuring the company is at the forefront of environmentally sustainable IT practices.
Jestin currently holds the position of Chief Information Officer (CIO) at Airbus, a role that she has held since March 2020. In this position, she is responsible for driving state of the art information technology systems and solutions in support of Airbus employees, customers, and suppliers. Prior to this role, she was Chief Information Officer at Airbus Helicopters, a role that she held from July 2013 to February 2020.
