Yannick Assouad

Yannick Assouad is currently the Chairman at Thales AVS France SAS and Zodiac Inflight Innovations FR SAS.
She is also the Lead Independent Director at VINCI SA and a Director & Member-Executive Committee at Groupement Industries Françaises Aeronautiques Spatiale.
Additionally, she holds positions as a Director at Latécoère International, Inc., Mecachrome France SAS, "L'Ecole Nationale de l'Aviation Civile", and Arkema Srl.
Dr. Assouad's current role includes being the Executive Vice President-Avionics at Thales SA and the President at Latécoère Développement SAS.
In her former positions, Dr. Assouad served as the Chief Executive Officer-Aircraft Systems at Zodiac Aerospace SA from 2008 to 2010.
She was also the Chief Executive Officer & Director at Latécoère SA from 2016 to 2020.
Prior to that, she held the position of Chief Executive Officer at Honeywell Aerospace SAS, Safran Cabin France SAS, and Honeywell Secan.
Dr. Assouad was an Independent Non-Executive Director at Arkema SA from 2017 to 2021.
She also worked as the Head-Thermal Mechanical Analysis Group at Thales SA from 1986 to 1998 and was a Member-Executive Board at Zodiac Aerospace SA from 2015 to 2016.
Additionally, she served as the President of LATelec SA. Dr. Assouad's education includes a doctorate degree from the Illinois Institute of Technology and an undergraduate degree from the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon.