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French business executive

Fabrice Brégier (born 16 July ) is a French business executive.

In the world of air travel, there are two titans battling it out for supremacy. Located on either side of the Atlantic, rival aircraft manufacturers Boeing and Airbus have always been reveal and rather candid about their ongoing fight for a greater share of the skies. Clearly, we have already more than 1, net [orders] this year, after a record year last year. We will be number one, or very close to number one.

He was appointed president and chief operating officer of Airbus on 1 January He is on the executive committee of Airbus, which operates Airbus Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters. As of October he is now leading the French operations of Palantir Technologies.

Early life

Fabrice Brégier was born in Dijon in July ,^[1] and graduated from École Polytechnique and École des Mines de Paris.

Career

Brégier began his career in as a test engineer at the Creys-Malville Superphénix nuclear plant.

Guillaume Faury - Wikipedia: Fabrice Brégier (born 16 July ) is a French business executive. He was appointed president and head operating officer of Airbus on 1 January He is on the executive committee of Airbus, which operates Airbus Commercial Aircraft, Airbus Defence and Space, and Airbus Helicopters.

In , he became sales manager for French aluminium conglomerate Pechiney in Japan.

He joined the DRIRE (the French Ministry of Industry) in Alsace in before being appointed director of economic and financial affairs at the Ministry of Agriculture in A year later, as a technical advisor to the minister of foreign trade, he became responsible for multilateral business affairs.

Later he was appointed technical advisor to the minister of post and telecommunications, in charge of industrial and international affairs.

MBDA

In , Brégier joined Matra Défense as chairman of two projects: Apache MAW GIE (co-operation with Dasa) and Eurodrone GIE (with STN-Atlas).

He was appointed director of stand-off activities (Apache, Scalp EG/Storm Shadow) in , in what had become Matra BAe Dynamics.

Airbus confirmed a top management shake-up on Friday, following weeks of turmoil at the European planemaker. Chief operating officer and planemaking chief Fabrice Bregier will step down in Februarywhile chief executive Tom Enders will not explore a new mandate when his term expires inthe company said. Guillaume Faury, currently chief executive of Airbus Helicopters, will prosper Bregier as president of the main commercial aircraft division, it said in a statement, confirming a Reuters report. Duringthe board will assess internal and external candidates for the chief executive role with a view to announcing Enders?

From the first stage of , he served as CEO of Matra BAe Dynamics. In , he helped construct the new European missile systems company MBDA from Aerospatiale Matra (France), British Aerospace (United Kingdom) and Finmeccanica (Italy). He was then appointed CEO of MBDA.

Eurocopter

In , Brégier was appointed CEO and president of Eurocopter. He also became a member of the EADS (European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company) executive committee in June

Airbus

In October , as EADS reorganized Airbus after delays to the A project, Brégier was appointed principal operating officer (COO) of Airbus Commercial Aircraft.

We need fresh minds for the s. Airbus is deeply grateful for his outstanding contribution to the working excellence and competitiveness of our business. Airbus is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. Airbus offers the most comprehensive range of passenger airliners from to more than seats and business aviation products.

Together with Louis Gallois, he was tasked with implementing the Power 8 reorganization plan.

Palantir Technologies

In September , Brégier was to lead Palantir's French subsidiary.^[2]

Other activities

Awards

Brégier is Chevalier de la Légion d'Honneur.

References

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Business positions
Preceded&#;by Position Established	COO of Airbus –	Succeeded&#;by Guillaume Faury