Airbus SE has appointed Grazia Vittadini, 48, Chief Technology Officer (CTO). In her new capacity, Vittadini will report to Airbus Chief Executive Officer (CEO) Tom Enders and join the company's Executive Committee as of 1 May 2018.

Currently, Grazia Vittadini is serving as Executive Vice President of Engineering within Airbus Defence and Space. She succeeds Paul Eremenko, who left the company at the end of last year. Since Paul Eremenko's departure, Marc Fontaine, Airbus' Digital Transformation Officer, served also as acting CTO.

"Grazia comes with deep engineering and industrial expertise. She's a great team worker and a very inspiring leader. And she is one of the most international top managers in Airbus," said Tom Enders, CEO of Airbus. "I am convinced Grazia will do a great job supporting our business divisions and in preparing the technologies we need for our future success."

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