Romain Trapp has been appointed president of Airbus Helicopters' U.S. subsidiary, Airbus Helicopters Inc., and head of the North America region for helicopters. He succeeds Chris Emerson, who is assuming the role of president of Airbus Defence and Space. Trapp previously served as CFO of Airbus Helicopters Inc. in Grand Prairie, Texas, beginning in 2008. In addition, Airbus Helicopters is realigning its Executive Committee beginning September 1. Alain Flourens, currently executive v-p of industry, will become executive v-p of operations with responsibility for industry and procurement. Wolfgang Schoder, currently executive v-p of light helicopters and governmental programs, will take the role of executive v-p of strategy, as well as retain his duties as general manager of Airbus Helicopters Germany. Matthieu Louvot, executive v-p of customer support and services, will take over light helicopters and government responsibilities from Schoder in September as executive v-p Airbus Helicopters programs. Beginning in January, Louvot will lead a unified Airbus Helicopters programs. In Louvot’s place, Christoph Zammert, currently head of program support, will be promoted to executive v-p customer support and services and join the Executive Committee. Mathilde Royer, head of global set-up optimization project, will take the role of digital transformation officer and head of company transformation. Royer also will join the Executive Committee. Also joining the Executive Committee is Bernhard Weigl, head of aviation safety and quality.
