Safran names Jean-Michel Hillion Senior Vice President for Boeing Programs

Jean-Michel Hillion has been named Safran Corporate Senior Vice President, Boeing Programs. He replaces Norbert Gaillard, who has retired. Mr. Hillion reports to Marc Ventre, Safran Deputy Chief Executive Officer, Operations, and will be in charge of supervising, coordinating and developing the Group’s business with Boeing.

Jean-Michel Hillion, 51, graduated from the Ecole Supérieure d’Electronique de l’Ouest electronics engineering school (1986) and holds an MBA from IAE in Paris (1991). Jean-Michel Hillion joined the Group in 1988, as head of production testing for Elecma, the electronics division of Snecma at the time. He then created the commercial aircraft FADEC repair workshop when the A320 entered service, prior to taking charge of FADEC 2 development for the A340 CFM engine. In 1993 he was named head of commercial aircraft programs at Elecma. He took part in the creation of Snecma Control Systems in 1998, being named head of business development. In 2001 he joined Messier-Bugatti as director of programs for the Hydraulics and Braking Control divisions. Jean-Michel Hillion was subsequently named director of these Messier-Bugatti divisions. He moved to Sagem in September 2008 to direct the creation of Safran Electronics, then was named head of this division in February 2009.