Le Havre, March 8, 2010 – Effective today, François Tarel has been named Executive Vice President of Aircelle, Safran Group.

François Tarel, 46 years old, is an engineering graduate of Ecole Polytechnique and Ecole Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées (France). He joined the Safran group in 1991 with Hispano-Suiza, as Manufacturing Engineering and Investment Manager and then as Manufacturing Manager.

In 1997, François took responsibility for the Power Transmission production unit.

In 2000, he became Wheels and Brakes Programme Manager for Messier-Bugatti. In 2003, François was appointed Vice President for the Wheels and Brakes Business Team.

In January 2009, he was named to lead the Safran group’s Modernisation project for the Human Resources, Finance, Information Systems and Purchasing functions.