Nathalie Tarnaud Laude

Nathalie Tarnaud Laude was appointed by ATR’s Board Members, Airbus and Leonardo, as Chief Executive Officer, effective from 17 September 2022.

Since joining Airbus back in 2005, Nathalie has held various positions in the Aerospace and Defence Industry. In October 2019, she was appointed Head of the NH90 programme for Airbus Helicopters and NHIndustries’ President, with core responsibilities covering the steering of main NH90 programme activities.

Prior to this, she was Head of Treasury at Airbus Helicopters and Head of Operations New Technology Ventures within the Airbus Group CTO organisation.

From 2005 till 2013 she has been leading M&A transactions for all Airbus Group divisions including notably the business combination attempt with BAE Systems in 2012 (>35bn€ value).

Before this, she was an equity research analyst with Aurel Leven Securities in Paris and a risk manager on equity derivatives for CCF Securities in Paris.

Academically, she holds a MBA from London Business School, a Masters in Finance from Ecole Supérieure de Commerce de Paris and the SFAF diploma. She also attended the INSEAD Transition to General Management course in 2013. She is fluent in French and English.