New Company CEO Is Just 47 Years Old

Stéphane Mayer has joined Daher-Socata as its Chief Executive Officer, bringing an experienced industry executive into the management team responsible for further developing DAHER's Aerospace sector activity - including investments and future projects with the company's General Aviation Division.

Stéphane Mayer

In his new position, the 47-year-old Mayer will be working directly with François Lépinoy, the Chairman of Daher-Socata. Mayer also becomes a member of DAHER's Executive Committee.

Mayer has direct expertise with Daher-Socata having been the Chairman and CEO of EADS Socata from 2003 to 2007, which was prior to Daher's acquisition of this EADS company in 2008. Before assuming his new responsibilities at Daher-Socata, Mayer was CEO of ATR, the European manufacturer of regional turboprop airliners. His other industry experience included assignments with the Lagardère group, where he was the Senior Vice President of Spare Parts and CFO at Matra Automobile, later becoming a member of its supervisory board.

Mayer graduated from France's Ecole Polytechnique engineering school in 1984, and has further qualifications from ENSAE (Ecole Nationale de la Statistique et de l'Administration Economique) and Institut d'Etudes Politiques de Paris. He started out his career in external auditing. Mayer is a pilot whose airplane ratings include Daher-Socata's TBM very fast turboprop aircraft.

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