ATR appoints Patrick de Castelbajac as Chief Executive Officer
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- Patrick de Castelbajac (c) ATR
- Patrick de Castelbajac (c) ATR
The ATR Assembly of Members has appointed Patrick de Castelbajac (43), as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of ATR. He succeeds Filippo Bagnato, whose four-year mandate according to ATR's statutes expired at the end of May 2014.
Patrick de Castelbajac started his aeronautical career at MBDA (previously Aerospatiale Missile) before spending three years as a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie, in Paris. In 2002 he joined the Legal Affairs Direction of Airbus, where in 2007 he became Vice-President Legal Affairs for Purchasing and Intellectual Property. At the end of 2010, Patrick de Castelbajac joined the Commercial Direction of Airbus as Head of Contracts Negotiations. He is French and has Irish origins. He is married and has three children.
About ATR:
ATR is the leader in the regional aviation market. ATR turboprop aircraft are recognized as the most eco-friendly regional airplanes and are the world benchmark in terms of efficiency, reliability and economics on short-haul routes. ATR is ISO 14001 certified. Today more than 180 operators fly ATRs in over 90 countries worldwide. ATR is an equal partnership between two major European aeronautics players, the Airbus Group and Alenia Aermacchi (a Finmeccanica Group company).
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