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GERMANYROMANIASAUDI ARABIA 10/12/2014 Munich prosecutor exposes Cassidian’s contacts A German probe into alleged corruption in the award of Saudi Arabian and Romanian border defence contracts to EADS has shed light on the former subsidiary Cassidian’s network of contacts. [...]
HONGKONG 01/10/2014 Dilsat Atus, Airbus' Uighur go-between According to our sources, Dilsat Atus, a Chinese Uighur businessman, is now Airbus' main consultant on sales to China. Atus worked for many years with two consultants now taking legal action against the company. [...]
FRANCECHINAJAPAN 18/06/2014 Paris' business ambassadors go east Maurice Gourdault Montagne and Thierry Dana, France's new ambassadors in China and Japan, have extensive business experience. [...]
LUXEMBOURGUNITED KINGDOM 24/07/2013 Jean-Paul Gut's new career in finance Lagardere's former star international salesman has carved a new role for himself in the City of London. [...]
ASIA 30/01/2013 Ex-EADS chief opens doors to Asia-Pacific Former EADS International chief Christian Duhain is bidding to carve a new career advising European firms on export to the Asia-Pacific region, where he has been based for a number of years. [...]
FRANCE 02/02/2011 Talamoni makes mark at EADS Jean-Pierre Talamoni, who joined EADS in 2007 in the wake [...]
FRANCE 17/06/2009 EADS Opens Direct Line with DGSE EADS’ international department recently appointed an official to serve as an interface with France’s foreign intelligence agency DGSE. The aeronautic [...]
UNITED KINGDOM 12/12/2007 Lagardere Group Extends Its Reach Free More active in the United States than in Britain, France’s Lagardere group has moved to build up its business in London and asked Jean-Paul Gut, former number two man at EADS, to spearhead the effort. [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Freeze in EADS Musical Chair Game Although the CEO of the MBDA missile company, Marwan Lahoud, has been officially chosen by EADS to succeed Jean-Paul Gut the conditions surrounding the latter’s departure remain uncertain. [...]
FRANCE 24/05/2007 Forgeard Spies Opportunity in Asia The former French co-chairman of EADS, Noel Forgeard, is thinking [...]
FRANCE 21/09/2006 Wobbly Times for EADS Under both external and internal pressure, EADS is standing on pretty wobbly legs these days. Backed by one of the [...]
CHINA 22/06/2006 Airbus’ Chinese Dilemma The site that Airbus Industrie has chosen for its future plant in China has won favor with the Chinese government but not the military. [...]
FRANCE 24/11/2005 The Men Around New EADS Managing Director Appointed joint managing director of EADS in June, 44-year-old Jean-Paul Gut changed overnight from being the company’s super salesman in [...]
FRANCE 06/01/2005 Only Half a Loaf for Forgeard No sooner had Arnaud Lagardere announced his appointment as future co-chairman of EADS than Noel Forgeard strongly marked his territory. [...]
QATAR 23/09/2004 EADS Pays its Middleman Intelligence Online understands the European aeronautics and defense giant EADS [...]
Spotlight SAUDI ARABIAFRANCELIBYA 24/06/2004 Sofresa the Go-Between in French Export Deals After working for decades in Saudi Arabia, the Societe Francaise d'Exportation de Systemes Avances (Sofresa), a private company acting on behalf of the French government, has set its sights on Libya. It the past it had specialized in managing big [...]
