[SatNews] EADS has announced three further top management nominations for its new Airbus Defence & Space Division, which will become operational in 2014.
Pilar Albiac-Murillo (60), currently Cassidian’s Chief Operating Officer and CEO of Cassidian Spain, will be Executive Vice President Operations for the new Division. She will lead the transformation process of Airbus Defence & Space.
Christian Scherer (51), currently Chief Sales Officer and Head of International Operations within Cassidian, will become Executive Vice President Sales & Marketing for Airbus Defence & Space.
Lars Immisch (46), currently Head of Compensation and Benefits within the EADS/Airbus Human Resources organisation, will be the new Division’s Executive Vice President for HR.
EADS announced on July 31, 201,3 that it plans to integrate Airbus Military, Astrium and Cassidian into one Division and rename the Group and its Divisions under the globally recognized Airbus Brand. The Airbus Group will consist of Airbus, Airbus Defence & Space and Airbus Helicopters.
Previously, on 31 July 2013, EADS had already nominated Bernhard Gerwert as the future CEO of Airbus Defence & Space, Domingo Ureña-Raso as the Head of the Military Aircraft segment, François Auque as the Head of the Space Systems segment. The segment Communication, Intelligence & Security Systems will be led by Evert Dudok and the segment Equipment by Thomas Müller. Julian Whitehead was nominated as Chief Financial Officer.