Dassault Chief Edelstenne To Retire Next Month
Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne will retire on January 9, when he turns 75, after being at the helm of the French aerospace group for some 12 years. A successor is expected to be named by the company “in the next few days.” (Photo: Cy Cyr)
Dassault Aviation chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne will retire on January 9, when he turns 75, after being at the helm of the French aerospace group for some 12 years. A successor is expected to be named by the company “in the next few days.” (Photo: Cy Cyr)

Dassault Aviation is poised to name a successor to long-standing chairman and CEO Charles Edelstenne, who is due to retire on January 9 after more than half a century of service at the French aerospace group. A company spokesman told AIN today that an announcement of a successor will be made “in the next few days.”