Yannick Assouad

Yannick Assouad is currently Chairman at Thales AVS France SAS; Lead Independent Director at VINCI SA since 2018; Director and Member of the Executive Committee at Groupement Industries Françaises Aeronautiques Spatiale since 2018; Director at Latécoère International, Inc., Mecachrome France SAS, and L'Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile; Independent Non-Executive Director at Arkema Srl; Executive Vice President-Avionics at Thales SA since 2020; and President at Latécoère Développement SAS. Former roles include Chief Executive Officer-Aircraft Systems at Zodiac Aerospace SA from 2008 to 2010; Chief Executive Officer and Director at Latécoère SA from 2016 to 2020; Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Aerospace SAS from 1998 to 2003; Chief Executive Officer at Safran Cabin France SAS; Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Secan; Chairman at Société d'Etudes & de Constructions Aéronavales SAS from 2000 to 2001; Chairman at Zodiac Inflight Innovations FR SAS; Independent Non-Executive Director at Arkema SA from 2017 to 2021; Director at Institut de Recherche Technologique St Exupery; Head of Thermal Mechanical Analysis Group at Thales SA from 1986 to 1998; Member of the Executive Board at Zodiac Aerospace SA from 2015 to 2016; and President at LATelec SA. Education includes a doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology conferred in 1985 and undergraduate studies at Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.