Leiden, The Netherlands - EADS, a global aerospace company, announced that it has appointed Thomas Enders as chief executive officer.
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Mr. Enders was CEO of Airbus since 2007.
Prior to joining the aerospace industry in 1991 (Messerschmitt-Bölkow-Blohm), Mr. Enders worked, as a Member of the Planning Staff of the German Minister of Defence.
At MBB and subsequently DASA he held various positions, including Chief of Staff, Director Corporate Development & Technology, and Head of Defence Systems.
Following the creation of EADS in 2000, Mr. Enders was appointed CEO of the EADS Defence and Security Systems Division, holding this position until 2005 when he was appointed co-CEO of EADS.
Mr. Enders has been President of BDLI (German Aerospace Industry Association) since 2005.
Mr. Enders studied Economics, Political Science and History at the University of Bonn and at the University of California in Los Angeles.
The company also announced that Harald Wilhelm was appointed Chief Financial Officer of EADS N.V. and of Airbus S.A.S., and Thierry Baril was appointed Chief Human Resources Officer of EADS N.V. and of Airbus S.A.S.
Mr. Wilhelm will continue to serve as Chief Financial Officer of Airbus and as member of the Airbus Executive Committee, both roles which he has held since February 1st 2008.
Previously, he was Airbus' Chief Controlling Officer and deputy to the Chief Financial Officer, a position he held since 1st January 2007.
Prior to that, Mr. Wilhelm was Senior Vice President, Airbus Financial Control, a role he held since 2003. He joined Airbus in 2000 as Senior Vice President, Accounting, Tax and Financial Services.
Before joining Airbus, Mr. Wilhelm was Vice President M&A at DaimlerChrysler-Aerospace from 1998, and he was also Senior Manager M&A at Daimler-Benz Aerospace from 1995 and Manager M&A for the company between 1992 and 1993.
Mr. Wilhelm has a degree in business studies from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich.
Mr. Baril was appointed Executive Vice President, Human Resources in October 2007.
He joined Airbus coming from Eurocopter Group where he was Executive Vice President Human Resources and as such a member of the Eurocopter Executive Committee since January 2003.
Mr. Baril started working for Boccard SA in 1988 as deputy to the Human Resources Director and transferred to Laborde & Kupfer-Repelec, a subsidiary of GEC ALSTHOM, as Human Resources Manager in 1991.
From there, Thierry Baril moved on to Alstom Energy where he successively held the position of Human Resources Director of the company’s Belfort site from 1995 and then that of Vice President Human Resources of Alstom Energy Group.
Mr. Baril then became Managing Director Europe, Human Resources for GE (General Electric) at their Belfort Headquarters in 1998 and from December 2000 he was Vice President Human Resources of Alcatel Space at their headquarters in Toulouse. ■