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VoltAero Boosts Advisory Board With a Trio of Airbus Veterans
The French company is working to certify three members of its hybrid-electric Cassio family of aircraft, with initial deliveries anticipated from late 2023.
VoltAero Cassio
VoltAero will build its Cassio hybrid-electric aircraft at a new factory at Rochefort in southwest France. (Image: VoltAero)

Hybrid-electric aircraft developer VoltAero this week boosted its management team with three appointments to its advisory board. Founder Jean Botti has turned to a trio of former Airbus colleagues, Pilar Albiac-Murillo, Charles Champion, and Sean O’Keefe, to support his plans to bring the Cassio family of aircraft to market by the end of 2023. Before launching the French start-up, Botti was chief technical officer with the European aerospace group and led its E-Fan all-electric aircraft program.

Albiac-Murillo was previously executive vice president and chief operating officer of Airbus Defence and Space. She has also served as chairman and CEO of automotive manufacturer Saginaw Deutschland, after holding leadership roles with Philips Innovation Sciences, Delphi Corp, and Remy de Mexico.