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Dr Thomas Enders, also known as Tom, serves as Independent Non-Executive Chairman of the Board at Lilium N.V. since September 2021 and previously served as a Member of the Advisory Board of the Lilium GmbH board from January 2021 until September 2021. He has served as Director of GE Aerospace, formerly named “General Electric Company,” since December 1, 2023. Dr. Enders had been an Independent Supervisory Board Member at Knorr-Bremse Aktiengesellschaft since June 30, 2020, until May 24, 2022. He serves as Director at Lufthansa. He has served as a Member of the Supervisory Board at Deutsche Lufthansa AG since May 05, 2020. He serves as a Member of the Strategic Advisory Board at Universal Hydrogen Co. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Airbus SE from June 1, 2012, until April 10, 2019. Dr. Enders had been an Executive Director of Airbus SE since 2012 until April 10, 2019. He serves as the Chief Executive Officer of AirbusGroup Limited and was Chief Executive Officer at Airbus S.A.S. until April 2019. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of EADS CASA S.A. since May 2012. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Defense and Space SA since May 2012. He served as Chief Executive Officer at Airbus Defense and Space SA since May 2012 and was its Director.
He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus from June 1, 2012, to January 1, 2013, and served as its Head of Europe’s Aerospace and Defense Group since January 2012. Dr. Enders served as the Chief Executive Officer and President at Airbus S.A.S. from August 2007 to June 4, 2012. He served as Chief Executive Officer of the Airbus Commercial Aircraft Division from 2007 until 2012. He served as Head of Armaments Division for European Aeronautic Defense & Space Co. and Airbus. He served as the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus SE from May 11, 2005 to July 2007. Following the creation of EADS in 2000, he served as Chief Executive Officer of the EADS Defense and Security Systems Division. He served as Chief Executive Officer of Airbus Group Inc. since June 2005 and Co-Chief Executive Officer since June 2006 until 2007. He served as Head of Defense Division at Airbus SE from 2000 to 2005. He served as Head of the Security Systems Division and the Head of Civil Systems Division of Airbus. He served for more than 3 years as Senior Vice President (Director) for Corporate Strategy and Technology of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG (DASA). He served as an Executive Vice President of EADS, where he headed the Defense and Security Systems Division.
He began his professional career in 1982 as an assistant in the German Federal Parliament. He served with the German Army’s 1st Airborne Division from 1977 to 1978. Subsequently, as a reserve officer, he reached the rank of Major. Dr. Enders served as an Assistant in the German Bundestag from 1982 to 1989, and as a Research Associate of the Konrad Adenauer Foundation, the German Society for Foreign Affairs and the International Institute for Strategic Studies (IISS) in St. Augustin from 1985 to 1989. He served as a Research Associate of Deutsche Gesellschaft fĂĽr Auswärtige Politik from 1988 to 1990, the well-known German Society for Foreign Affairs in Bonn and also at the International Institute for Strategic Studies in London. Before joining the aerospace industry in 1991, he worked, inter alia, as a Member of the Planungsstab of the German Minister of Defense and in various Foreign Policy think tanks. He was a Member of the Planning Staff for the Federal Minister of Defense in Bonn from 1989 to 1991. He joined Dasa in 1991. Dr Enders served as a Member of the Corporate Concept & Study Group and served as an Assistant to the Marketing Director of Dasa since 1992 and Vice President of Marketing for Europe. Since 1995, he served as Head of the Chairman’s office and Corporate Secretary of Dasa. He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Airbus DS Holding B.V. He serves as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board at Airbus Defense and Space Deutschland GmbH. He is a Director of Praxair, Inc. since October 22, 2018. He was the Chief Executive Officer of Airbus S.A.S. until April 2019. He was a Supervisory Board Member at Deutsche Lufthansa AG until May 5, 2020. He serves as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Airbus Helicopters SAS. He served as Chairman of the Atlantik-BrĂĽcke e.V. from 2005 to 2009.
He serves as a Director of EADS CASA S.A. and OneWeb LLC. He has served as an Independent Director of Linde plc since October 22, 31, 2018. He joined the Linde plc on October 22, 2018. Dr. Enders has been a Member of Joint Advisory Council at Allianz SE since January 1, 2013. He was Chairman of the Advisory Council for Aeronautics Research and Innovation in Europe until June 2013. He had been a Member of Supervisory Board at Linde Aktiengesellschaft from May 2017 until September 2019. He serves as a Member of the Shareholder Board of Airbus S.A.S. He serves as a Member of the Board of Directors of WORLDVU Satellites Ltd. He had been a Member of the Advisory Board at HSBC Trinkaus & Burkhardt AG since January 2012 until January 2021. He served as Director of Airbus Defense and Space SA. He is a Member of the Advisory Counsel of EDB. He served as Director of Airbus Group Inc. From 2011 to 2015, he was a member of the Business Advisory Group of then-U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron. He is a patron of the German Mayday Foundation. He was the President of the German Aerospace Industries Association BDLI from April 2005 to 2012. He has been a Member of the BDI Presidential Board (German Industry Association) since 2009. He is also President (non-executive) of the German Council on Foreign Relations (DGAP) in Berlin. In 2014, he joined the Advisory Council of the Munich Security Conference as well as the Senate of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft. He is a Member of the International Advisory Board of Atlantic Council of the US. He holds a Private Pilot’s License (PPL) for helicopters. In 1987, he was awarded his Doctorate in Politics from Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn and studied Economics, Political Science and History at the University of Bonn and at University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA).
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Chief Executive Officer
Airbus SEAppointed Date: 01/01/2005
Date Resigned: 01/01/2019
Industry: Aerospace and Defence
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Committee/s
| Company | Committee | Role | Appointment Date | Resignation Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Electric Company | Board | Member | 01/01/2023 | |
| General Electric Company | Remuneration | Member | 01/01/2023 | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa | Supervisory Board | Member | 05/05/2020 | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa | Social & Ethics | Member | 05/05/2020 | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa | Nominations & Governance | Member | 05/05/2020 | |
| Deutsche Lufthansa | Remuneration | Member | 05/05/2020 |