Éric Trappier (born 6 January 1960) is a French businessman and

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. Since January 2013, he has been the

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Dassault Aviation Dassault Aviation SA () is a French manufacturer of military aircraft and business jets. It was founded in 1929 by Marcel Bloch as Société des Avions Marcel Bloch or "MB". After World War II, Marcel Bloch changed his name to Marcel D ...

, French

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and business jets, a subsidiary of

Dassault Group Dassault Group (; also GIM Dassault or Groupe Industriel Marcel Dassault SAS) is a French group of companies established in 1929 with the creation of Société des Avions Marcel Bloch (now Dassault Aviation) by Marcel Dassault, and led by son Ser ...

Early life and career

Trappier was born and raised in

Paris Paris () is the capital and most populous city of France, with an estimated population of 2,165,423 residents in 2019 in an area of more than 105 km² (41 sq mi), making it the 30th most densely populated city in the world in 2020. ...

. He received an engineering degree from Telecom SudParis in 1983. He joined

soon after graduation (1984). He has spent most of his career in the defense sector. He was named the company's international

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in 2002, and international

general manager A general manager (GM) is an executive who has overall responsibility for managing both the revenue and cost elements of a company's income statement, known as profit & loss (P&L) responsibility. A general manager usually oversees most or all ...

in 2006. He served as international executive vice president of the company before being named to the CEO position. He replaced

Charles Edelstenne Charles Edelstenne (born 9 January 1938) is the general manager of Dassault Group. He was the CEO of Dassault Aviation until replaced by Éric Trappier in 2013, and he is also the chairman of Dassault Systèmes. Trained as a French chartered acc ...

in that position when Edelstenne reached the company's mandatory retirement age (75). On May 30, 2017, the AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD) announced the appointment of Mr Éric Trappier, Chairman and CEO of Dassault Aviation, as President of the Association. On June 8, 2017, The Executive Committee of the French Aerospace Industries Association

GIFAS The Groupement des industries françaises aéronautiques et spatiales (abbreviated GIFAS) is the French Aerospace Industries Association created in 1908, featuring more than 260 members. The first name of the association was ''Association des Indu ...

has elected Mr Éric Trappier, the incumbent First Deputy Chairman of GIFAS, as the new Chairman of GIFAS.

Positions

Positions in the group

* Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of

Other positions outside the group

Outside the group, Eric Trappier is: * President and administrator of the French Aerospace Industries Association

(Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales) * Chairman of CIDEF (Council of French Defense Industries – Conseil des Industries de Défense Françaises). * Administrator of

Thales Group Thales Group () is a French multinational company that designs, develops and manufactures electrical systems as well as devices and equipment for the aerospace, defence, transportation and security sectors. The company is headquartered in Paris ...

* Administrator GIE RAFALE INTERNATIONAL * Administrator ODAS,

SOFEMA Sofema (Société française d’exportation de matériel militaire et aéronautique) is a Economy of France, French company which specializes today in the renovation, marketing and maintenance of first generation land, sea and air equipment, mainly ...

, EUROTRADIA. * President of AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe (ASD).

References

External links

Dassault Aviation official website

Sofema website
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