Fabrice Brégier to Lutz Bertling
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Dr. Lutz Bertling, former managing director of Eurocopter Deutschland, took over as president and CEO of Eurocopter in October last year and has also been appointed as a member of parent company EADS’s executive committee. He is the first German to head the Marignane, France-based manufacturer, founded as a Franco-German company in 1992.

Dr. Bertling’s association with Eurocopter began in 2003 as executive v-p of governmental helicopters. According to Eurocopter, his experience in international programs and industrial cooperation projects will bring “continuity in the company’s successful growth strategy.”