Christian Scherer (born in 1962) is a German-French

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. Born in

Duisburg Duisburg (; , ) is a city in the Ruhr metropolitan area of the western States of Germany, German state of North Rhine-Westphalia. Lying on the confluence of the Rhine (Lower Rhine) and the Ruhr (river), Ruhr rivers in the center of the Rhine-Ruh ...

, Germany, and raised in

Toulouse Toulouse (, ; ; ) is a city in southern France, the Prefectures in France, prefecture of the Haute-Garonne department and of the Occitania (administrative region), Occitania region. The city is on the banks of the Garonne, River Garonne, from ...

, France, he holds an

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in international

marketing Marketing is the act of acquiring, satisfying and retaining customers. It is one of the primary components of Business administration, business management and commerce. Marketing is usually conducted by the seller, typically a retailer or ma ...

from the

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and graduated from the Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris. He started his career in 1984 at

Airbus Airbus SE ( ; ; ; ) is a Pan-European aerospace corporation. The company's primary business is the design and manufacturing of commercial aircraft but it also has separate Airbus Defence and Space, defence and space and Airbus Helicopters, he ...

where he was Head of

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Markets and Deputy Head of

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as well as Head of

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and Future Programmes. He moved to

Airbus Defence and Space Airbus Defence and Space is a division of Airbus SE. Formed in 2014 in the restructuring of European Aeronautic Defence and Space (EADS), Airbus SE comprises the former Airbus Military, Astrium, and divisions. Contributing 21% of Airbus reven ...

in 2012 and headed Marketing & Sales there until 2015. He was appointed CEO of

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in October 2016. Schrerer returned to Airbus to replace Eric Schulz as Airbus' Chief Commercial Officer (CCO) on 13 September 2018. In January 2024, he became Chief Executive Officer of the Commercial Aircraft business of Airbus. On 30 October 2024, Airbus announced that Scherer would be replaced by Lars Wagner, currently the CEO of

MTU Aero Engines MTU Aero Engines AG is a German aircraft engine manufacturer. MTU develops, manufactures and provides service support for military and civil aircraft engines. MTU Aero Engines was formerly known as MTU München. History While the Munich-based e ...

, starting in 2026.

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