Amsterdam, 19
January
2009
Pierre Bayle (59) will lead EADS Corporate Communications as from 19 January 2009. He will take over from Christof Ehrhart who has left the Company.
Pierre Bayle will be in charge of all internal and external corporate communications and will report directly to the CEO Louis Gallois. He was previously Head of Media Relations for the Group. Before, he has been in charge of Corporate Communications for MBDA.
EADS is a global leader in aerospace, defence and related services. In 2007, EADS generated revenues of € 39.1 billion and employed a workforce of about 116,000. The Group includes the aircraft manufacturer Airbus, the world's largest helicopter supplier Eurocopter and EADS Astrium, the European leader in space programmes from Ariane to Galileo. Its Defence & Security Division is a provider of comprehensive systems solutions and makes EADS the major partner in the Eurofighter consortium as well as a stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA. EADS also develops the A400M through its Military Transport Aircraft Division.
