New Vice President For Customer Services At EADS-Socata
EADS Socata has recently named
Nicolas Chabbert, 38, Vice-President Customer Support. He replaces
Bernard Veyssière who served this position for the last five
years before joining another business unit of EADS.
Chabbert (below, right) has 15 years of aviation industry
experience. Of that, 9 years were spent with Socata back in 1992, 5
of which were as Senior Vice President Sales & Marketing of
Socata Aircraft Inc, its US division. After a start-up experience,
he joined Mooney Aerospace Group in 2002 serving initially as
Executive Vice President responsible for Sales & Marketing,
then Customer Support and Engineering; he was in charge of Business
Development for Mooney Airplane Company earlier last year.
"Nicolas Chabbert is known and well
appreciated in the world of General Aviation. He has developed a
high level of expertise with a customer caring attitude thanks to
his extensive experience, particularly in sales, marketing and
customer support he previously acquired with companies such as EADS
Socata and Mooney Airplane." noted Jacques Lordon, Vice President
General Aviation of EADS Socata.
"Nicolas will further expand the customer support initiatives
launched at EADS Socata and its US-based operations, Socata
Aircraft, with the objective of a continuing improvement of the
performance of EADS Socata in the service field activities" Lordon
added.
"I will first assess the expectations and the needs of EADS
Socata's customers before implementing a new strategy, which will
look to increase customer satisfaction and add new service
programs", commented Chabbert. "EADS Socata is committed to provide
the highest level of customer service worldwide and to continue
expanding the sales of the high performance single engine turboprop
TBM 700" he concluded.
Chabbert earned his airline transportation rated pilot's license
and he is a certified flight instructor with extensive experience
in flying the high-speed TBM700. Chabbert is a graduate of a French
Ecole Supérieure de Commerce, ESLSCA in Paris with a master
degree in International business.
Europe's leading General Aviation manufacturer as well as an
industrial partner of major aerospace programs, EADS Socata is a
wholly owned subsidiary of EADS. EADS is a global leader in
aerospace, defence and related services. In 2003, EADS generated
revenues of € 30.1 billion. The EADS Group includes the
aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world's largest helicopter
supplier Eurocopter and the joint venture MBDA, the second largest
missile producer in the global market. EADS is the major partner in
the Eurofighter consortium, is the prime contractor for the Ariane
launcher, develops the A400M military transport aircraft and is the
largest industrial partner for the European satellite navigation
system Galileo.