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Patrick Shanahan is interim president for Spirit AeroSystems, Alain-Jory Barthe senior v-p of industry for Daher
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ITP Aero has chosen Eva Azoulay as the company’s group CEO and Carlos Alzola as managing director, while current CFO Javier Lázaro has been appointed to its board. Azoulay was previously an aviation advisor at Bain Capital, while Alzola was ITP Aero’s general manager.

Spirit AeroSystems has named Patrick Shanahan, a member of the company's board of directors, as interim president and CEO. He succeeds Thomas Gentile III while Spirit searches for a permanent replacement. Shanahan was acting U.S. Secretary of Defense from January to June 2019.