Airbus has named Francois Caudron as its senior vice-president and head of marketing.
Caudron will take up the post on 1 June, says the airframer.
He has previously occupied a senior customer and business development role on the A350 programme and was most recently Airbus vice-president of programme procurement.
Caudron has also served as vice-president of pricing.
Source: Cirium Dashboard
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