Yannick Assouad
Non-Executive Independent Director
Senior Management
ARKEMA Chemistry
France
Biography
Mrs Yannick Assouad is Chief Executive Officer of Latécoère group since November 2016. Born in 1959, Mrs Yannick Assouad is a graduate of the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées of Lyon (France) and holds a PhD in aeronautical engineering from the Illinois Institute of Technology (ITT) in the United-States. She is Chief Executive Officer of the Latécoère group. She started her career in 1986 with Thomson-CSF (now Thalès) where she was head of the thermal and mechanical analysis group until 1998. She served then successively as Technical Director and then as Chief Executive Officer of SECAN, subsidiary of Honeywell Aerospace before being appointed as Chairman. In 2003, she joined Zodiac Aerospace, as Chief Executive Officer of Intertechnique Services, a post she held until 2008. Appointed to Zodiac Aerospace’s Executive Committee that same year, she was selected to create the group’s Services business segment, which she headed until 2010, when she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of its Aircraft Systems segment. In May 2015, she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Aerospace’s newest segment, Zodiac Cabin. She has been appointed Chief Executive Officer of Latécoère group in November 2016. Mrs Yannick Assouad is an independent director of the Board of Directors of Vinci.
Research Interest
thermal and mechanical analysis
