Johan Pelissier was appointed President of Region Europe and Head of Commercial Europe for the Commercial Aircraft business from January 2024 onwards. Based in Toulouse, Johan is responsible for driving the company’s growth by leveraging the company’s presence, enhancing cross-business capabilities, and building localisation strategies across 50+ European countries. He is also responsible for the sales for the Commercial Aircraft business in Europe.

With more than 25 years sales and marketing experience, Johan held various leadership roles within Thales and Airbus that he joined 13 years ago, in Southeast Asia (SEA) and in the Asia Pacific region. Prior to his current position, Johan was the Head of the Asia Pacific region, including India and South Asia, for the Airbus Defence and Space division from 2019 till 2023. He graduated from the Ecole Nationale Supérieure de Télécommunications de Bretagne.