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Airbus Taps Moraleda as Next Board Chair, Obermann to Exit

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Airbus shareholders approved all resolutions at the company’s 2026 Annual General Meeting (AGM) on April 14, 2026, in Amsterdam, including a leadership transition that will see René Obermann step down as Chair of the Board of Directors later this year.  Obermann informed the board that he will not seek a new mandate when his current term expires at the 2027 AGM. He will step down from the chair position on October 1, 2026. Lead Independent Direc…

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The former Telekom CEO Obermann surprisingly resigns his position as Chairman of the aviation group in October. A woman follows him for the first time: the Spaniard Amparo Moraleda.

·Munich, Germany
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As of October 1st, Spain's Amparo Moraleda will become the new Chairman of the Board of Directors of the giant Airbus. She will replace René Obermann, who took office in 2020.

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Airbus, the aircraft manufacturer, and Amparo Moraleda, Spain, are the first to receive a board of directors.

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The Madrid businesswoman has also been a board member of IBM between 1995 and 2009 and has more than 10 years of experience in Airbus.

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The election of Moraleda will be effective from October. She is the first woman to preside over the aeronautical and space group, which had never had a non-German or French president. Read

·Madrid, Spain
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The executive and engineer Amparo Moraleda reaches a new milestone in the Spanish business ecosystem by being elected as the new global non-executive president of the Airbus group. She thus becomes the first Spaniard to take the reins of the aerospace giant - historically presided over by French and German executives. According to sources of the company in declarations to the 20Minutes Economic Information, the group has agreed this movement in …

·Madrid, Spain
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Expansión broke the news on Tuesday, April 14, 2026.
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