Christopher Emerson

Christopher Emerson is a senior partner at AE Industrial Partners, LP, and serves as a board member for York Space Systems LLC, Firefly Aerospace, and Spirent Federal Systems, and as chairman of ALL.SPACE. They previously held leadership roles with Airbus, including Chairman of the Board for Airbus U.S. Space & Defense, Inc. (2021–2022) and President and Head of North America for Airbus Helicopters, Inc. (2015–2019). They began their career as Corporate Controller at Mercedes-Benz USA (1996–1999). They earned a Bachelor of Applied Science in International Economics from the University of Alabama (1996) and studied International Economics at the University of Mannheim (1993–1994), and completed an Executive Certificate in Strategy and Innovation at MIT Sloan (2007–2008) along with advanced leadership programs at Stagen Leadership Academy (2020–2022).