CEO Today Europe Awards

www.ceotodaymagazine.com 38 CEO Today Europe Awards 2018 germany JORDI BOTO CEO of PFW Aerospace ABOUT JORDI BOTO Education: •1974-80 Elementary school at Blanes (Spain) • 1980-81 Elementary school at Singapore •1981-84 High school in UK •1987-95 University of Barcelona (UPC) Telecommunication Engineering / Spanish Army Officer Professional: •1995-96 Research Engineer, Technologiezentrum Stuttgart University •1996 Deutsche Telekom, Stuttgart •1996-98 Manufacturing Engineer, Siemens AG, Division Private Networks •1998 Costing Engineer, Siemens AG, Division Information and Communication. •1999-2001 Daimler-Chrysler Aerospace Finance & Controlling Group. Projects at Airbus Germany, Eurocopter and Airbus GIE. •2001-02 VP Controlling Airbus Deutschland, in charge of global FinancialControlling for all Deutsche Airbus sites. •2002-2006 VP Engineering Planning and Control for Airbus SAS. Build-up of Controlling and Program management structure and processes in the frame of the new integrated Airbus. Temporary Head of R&T program between 2008 and 2009. • 2006-2009 CEO of EADS ATR and Head of Airbus’s Diversification Programmes (e.g. Hawker, Eurofighter, Transall). Industrial ram-up ATR program from 6 to 56 a/c per year, as well as to increase profitability in all other diversification activities. • 2009-2012 Senior Vicepresident Power 8 Program, securing the transition from the concept phase of the project into the implementation one, under the leadership of Airbus COO. •Since May 2012 CEO PFW Aerospace Speyer, Perform Turnaround of the company, in order to secure industrial performance and secure financial robustness, in order to allow its ulterior divestment. www.pfw.aero FIRM PROFILE PFW employs around 1,800 peopleat its locations in Speyer (Germany), Nuneaton (Great Britain) and Izmir (Turkey), (figures from December 2015). But know-how, expertise and a commitment to absolute quality are also at home here. Research, development, manufacturing, integration and after-sales service, all from a single source, create business connections between PFW and its aviation customers, which always last over many decades. These are connections which can only exist because PFW has got up-to-date production at its disposal, as well as key qualifications in the field of engineering and state-of- the-art manufacturing – all including cost-efficiency, thanks to a lean production. T: +49 172 153 73 83 E: jordi.boto@pfw.aero