Harald Wilhelm was appointed Chief Financial Officer of Airbus effective 1st February. Previously he was Airbus’ Chief Controlling Officer and deputy to the Chief Financial Officer, a position to which he was appointed on 1st January 2007.

Prior to this, he was Senior Vice President, Airbus Financial Control, a role he held since 2003. Harald Wilhelm joined Airbus in 2000 as Senior Vice President, Accounting, Tax and Financial Services.

Before joining Airbus, Harald Wilhelm was Vice President M&A (mergers and acquisitions) at DaimlerChrysler-Aerospace from 1998, where he worked on projects including the integration of Airbus as a single company. He was also Senior Manager M&A at Daimler-Benz Aerospace from 1995 and Manager M&A for the company between 1992 and 1993.

Born in April 1966 in Munich, Harald Wilhelm has a degree in business studies from Ludwig Maximilians University in Munich. Married with one daughter, Mr Wilhelm enjoys all types of sport and exercises regularly.