Vincent Larnicol

Vice President Africa for Airbus Group since 2016. He started his career at Nisho Iwai Corp in Tokyo and then Paris in 1994 until 1997 to work on energy projects. In 1997, he joined Thomson-CSF. In 2000, Thales Airborne Systems sent him to Abu Dhabi to promote defense and civil airborne systems and equipment in the Middle-East. He was then hired by EADS international in 2005 to become General Delegate in Libya. In 2009 he became President of EADS Japan. In 2011 he took responsibility as Vice-President for executive and private aviation activities of the group. He graduated in international affairs.