Alexis Vidal Joins ATR as Senior Vice President
Commercial
(27/06/23)
Alexis Vidal has been appointed Senior Vice
President Commercial for ATR.
Alexis joins ATR’s top management team reporting
directly to CEO Nathalie Tarnaud Laude, and succeeding Fabrice
Vautier who takes on new responsibilities within the group.
An accomplished sales professional, Alexis has
held several senior management roles within the aerospace and
defence industries.
He began his career with the Airbus Group in
2004 as Business Development Manager within the satellite
division, now Airbus Defence and Space.
He moved to Airbus
Helicopters in 2007 and held various management positions in
Customer Services, Offers and Contracts, Sales.
He was appointed
Vice President Sales for Energy and Leasing segments in 2016 and
moved to Airbus Commercial Aircraft as Head of Sales for Customer
Services in 2019.
In his last position in 2021, Alexis was Head of
Marketing for widebody programmes.
Alexis is 42 years old and holds master’s degrees
in aeronautical engineering from Ecole Centrale Lyon (France) and
Imperial College London (UK), and graduated from HEC Paris
(France) with a master’s degree in management.
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