Charles Champion
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Charles Champion who holds a MSc
from Stanford University
, has been Airbus 380's Executive Vice President of Engineering since 1 April 2010 and a member of the Airbus Executive Committee.
After a 1978 graduation from the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
in Toulouse
, he obtained a MSc
from Stanford University
.
Champion began his aviation career in 1980 as an aerodynamics engineer with Aérospatiale
, where he worked in the production department of the aircraft division before heading the single-aisle aircraft assembly team from 1988 to 1992.
In 1993 he was appointed Director of Airbus Programmes at Aérospatiale's Paris headquarters, and in 1995 became managing director of the military transport project named Future Large Aircraft or A400M.
In 1998 he joined Airbus as Vice President of Sales for Eastern and Southern Europe and the C.I.S., and was appointed Head of the A380 Programme in 2001. In a management reshuffle in 2007, he assumed the position of Executive Vice President of Airbus Customer Services.
MSC
- Computers:* Mario Strikers Charged* Microsoft Common Console Document, file for the Microsoft Management Console* Microelectronics Support Centre* Microsoft Corporation* MIDI Show Control* Message Sequence Chart...
from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
, has been Airbus 380's Executive Vice President of Engineering since 1 April 2010 and a member of the Airbus Executive Committee.
After a 1978 graduation from the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace
École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace
The École Nationale Supérieure de l'Aéronautique et de l'Espace , founded in 1909, is one of the most prestigious and selective grandes écoles in France. It was the world's first dedicated aerospace engineering school and is considered to be one of the best in Europe in that field...
in Toulouse
Toulouse
Toulouse is a city in the Haute-Garonne department in southwestern FranceIt lies on the banks of the River Garonne, 590 km away from Paris and half-way between the Atlantic Ocean and the Mediterranean Sea...
, he obtained a MSc
MSC
- Computers:* Mario Strikers Charged* Microsoft Common Console Document, file for the Microsoft Management Console* Microelectronics Support Centre* Microsoft Corporation* MIDI Show Control* Message Sequence Chart...
from Stanford University
Stanford University
The Leland Stanford Junior University, commonly referred to as Stanford University or Stanford, is a private research university on an campus located near Palo Alto, California. It is situated in the northwestern Santa Clara Valley on the San Francisco Peninsula, approximately northwest of San...
.
Champion began his aviation career in 1980 as an aerodynamics engineer with Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale
Aérospatiale was a French aerospace manufacturer that built both civilian and military aircraft, rockets and satellites. It was originally known as Société Nationale Industrielle Aérospatiale...
, where he worked in the production department of the aircraft division before heading the single-aisle aircraft assembly team from 1988 to 1992.
In 1993 he was appointed Director of Airbus Programmes at Aérospatiale's Paris headquarters, and in 1995 became managing director of the military transport project named Future Large Aircraft or A400M.
In 1998 he joined Airbus as Vice President of Sales for Eastern and Southern Europe and the C.I.S., and was appointed Head of the A380 Programme in 2001. In a management reshuffle in 2007, he assumed the position of Executive Vice President of Airbus Customer Services.