Safran: Philippe Errera appointed Executive Vice President, International
May 04, 2023 at 11:05 am EDT
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Effective June 1, 2023, Philippe Errera will become Group Vice President, International and Institutional Relations, replacing Alexandre Ziegler, who has been appointed Vice President, Defense Division, Safran Electronics & Defense. Philippe Errera is a member of the Group's Executive Committee.
The International and Institutional Relations Department is also responsible for Group program management, as well as relations with Boeing, Airbus and COMAC.
Philippe Errera began his career at the French Ministry of Foreign Affairs in 1996. He was Ambassador, Permanent Representative to NATO from 2011 to 2013, before joining the Ministry of Defense as Director of Strategic Affairs in 2013.
Since 2019, he has been Director General of Political and Security Affairs at the Ministry of Europe and Foreign Affairs.
Philippe Errera, 53, is a graduate of the Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris (1992) and Ecole Nationale d'Administration (1996).
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Safran is a high technology international group, a leading equipment provider in the Aerospace and Defense markets. The group specializes in the design, manufacturing, and marketing of equipment and systems of high technology mechanical and electronic equipment. Net sales break down by product family as follows:
- aeronautic and space propulsion systems (51.2%): helicopter motors (No. 1 worldwide), civil and military airplanes motors, systems for space lancers and missiles, turboreactors for drone targets, etc.;
- aircraft equipment, defense systems and aerosystems (38%): airplane engine pods, landing gear, braking systems, electric wiring systems, etc. Safran also offers on board aircraft systems and equipment (primarily evacuation slides, emergency arresting systems, protective parachutes and oxygen systems, electrical power management systems, control systems, water and waste management systems and connectivity systems) and defense and security systems (helicopter flight controls, fingerprint-based biometric identification systems (No. 1 worldwide), inertial systems, optronic systems, tactical drone systems, etc.);
- aircraft interiors (10.7%): cabin interiors and seats;
- other (0.1%).
Net sales are distributed geographically as follows: France (19.4%), Europe (24%), the Americas (34.8%), Asia and Oceania (13.2%), Africa and the Middle East (8.6%).
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