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Guillaume Faury
French engineer and executive (born 1968)
Guillaume Faury (French pronunciation: [ɡijom foʁi]; born 22 February 1968) is a French engineer and businessman.2
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Born Feb 22, 1968.1
About
He is the chief executive officer (CEO) at the aerospace corporation Airbus SE and chairman of its civil aircraft division, Airbus SAS.
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Companies
- Airbus Commercial AircraftChief executive officer Apr 10, 2019 to now18
- AirbusChief executive officer Apr 2019 to now19
Early life and education
- Date not recordedIAE Aix-en-Provence3
- Date not recordedInstitut Supérieur de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace3
- Date not recordedÉcole polytechnique3 4
Faury was educated at Lycée François 1 in Le Havre. He graduated from the École polytechnique (Paris) in 1990 and École Nationale Supérieure de l’Aéronautique et de l’Espace in Toulouse in 1992. Certified light-aircraft pilot and helicopter flight-test engineer with over 1,300 flying hours.
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Career
Occupation: engineer, manager, military flight engineer, chief executive officer.13
- Since 2023President, AeroSpace and Defense Industries Association of Europe8 12
- Since 2021Chairperson, GIFAS8 11
- Since 2019Chief executive, Airbus Commercial Aircraft7
- Since 2019Chief executive, Airbus6
- 2018 to 2019Chairperson, Airbus Commercial Aircraft8 10
- 2013 to 2018Chief executive officer, Airbus Helicopters8 9
- Date not recordedWorked at Airbus5
Working at Eurocopter (now Airbus Helicopters) for ten years, Faury was the chief engineer of the EC225/H225, being responsible for the heavy helicopter flight tests. He eventually became the executive vice-president for research and development (R&D).
In 2010, Faury became executive vice-president for research and development at car maker Peugeot.
In March 2013, Faury replaced Lutz Bertling as the CEO of Airbus Helicopters.
As the new CEO, he faced the H225 crash in Norway, killing all thirteen people on board and grounding all H225 helicopters used in North Sea oil exploitation for a 15-month period. The sale of the helicopter model to the Polish Armed Forces was cancelled.
Faury restructured the X4 program leading to the H160 medium helicopter development to be introduced in 2019, and launched the X6 development for a fly-by-wire successor to the Super Puma.
He began significant R&D programs like the high-speed X3 Racer and the CityAirbus program.
Faury replaced Fabrice Brégier as Airbus Commercial Aircraft COO from February 2018.
On 8 October 2018, the Airbus Board of Directors selected him to succeed Tom Enders as Airbus CEO, starting from 10 April 2019.
Faury will have to shape Airbus' response to the Boeing New Midsize Airplane, face A320neo production and operational challenges, complete A400M negotiations and address slower-selling models like the A330neo. During the Annual General Meeting (AGM) 2022, Faury was reappointed as CEO for the next three years. Faury led the company through the recovery after the COVID-19 pandemic and the continued development of an environmentally friendly aircraft fueled by hydrogen.
On 1 December 2022, Faury was one of the guests invited to a state dinner hosted by U.S. President Joe Biden in honor of President Emmanuel Macron at the White House.
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Personal life
He is married to Maria Faury, and they have three children.
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Awards
- 2010Knight of the National Order of Merit16
In the news
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- UK risks losing key role in European space industry over satellite contract, says Airbus bossThe Guardian US, left, Oct 16, 2026…the European space industry, intensifying a last-minute lobbying effort for the £2.4bn contract. It is understood that Guillaume Faury, chief executive of France-headquartered Airbus, has written to the prime minister suggesting that the ch…
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- 1WikidataGuillaume Faury on Wikidata
- 2WikipediaGuillaume Faury on Wikipedia
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- 11WikidataChairperson, GIFAS, as reported
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- 17WikidataGuillaume Faury: X, on Wikidata
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- 20Wikimedia CommonsGuillaume Faury photo by Xavier Lejeune, CC BY 4.0