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Philippe Bethouart has been appointed Executive Group Director Operations on 1st February 2022, having previously been Director of Electronic Engineering from 2009.

He joined Matra DĂ©fense in 1990. Since then he has undertaken a number of positions in Engineering, Programme and Operations. Initially in charge of counter-measure equipment for Rafale and Mirage 2000, he joined the SCALP- Storm Shadow Programme in 1997 at the creation of Matra BAe Dynamics (a merger of Matra DĂ©fense and BAe Dynamics).

He was appointed Chief Engineer in 2003, and then Head of Export for Stand-off Programmes. In 2007 he moved to Electronic Engineering in Operations, in charge of embedded electronics.

Born in 1965, Philippe graduated from Ecole Supérieure d’Electricité (SUPELEC) in Paris.