Executive Vice-President, Avionics, Thales - Lead Director
Director since: 2013
Current appointment ends: SGM 2025
Number of VINCI shares held: 1,000 at 31/12/2023
Age: 64
Director considered independent by the Board of Directors.
Contact email address: administrateur.referent@vinci.com
Outside the VINCI Group in listed companies
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
None
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
- Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Latécoère
- Director of Arkema
In unlisted companies or other structures
Appointments and other positions held at 31/12/2023
- Member of the Board of Directors of ENAC (École Nationale de l’Aviation Civile)
Member of the Executive Committee of Gifas (Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales)
- Chairman and Director of various companies within Thales’ Avionics division
- Director of Meca Dev, the holding company for Mecachrome, an aviation subcontractor
Appointments and other positions that have expired during the last five financial years
None
Background
Yannick Assouad is a graduate of the Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and the Illinois Institute of Technology. She joined Thomson CSF in 1986, where she was head of the thermal and mechanical analysis group until 1998. From 1998 to 2003, Ms Assouad served first as Technical Director and then as Chief Executive Officer of Honeywell Aerospace, before being appointed Chairman of Honeywell SECAN.
In 2003, she joined Zodiac Aerospace, initially as Chief Executive Officer of Intertechnique Services, a post she held until 2008. Appointed to Zodiac Aerospace’s Executive Committee that same year, Ms Assouad was selected to create the group’s Services business segment, which she headed until 2010, when she was appointed Chief Executive Officer of its Aircraft Systems segment.
In May 2015, she became the first Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Cabin, a newly created segment of Zodiac Aerospace. In November 2015, she was named to the Executive Board of Zodiac Aerospace. From November 2016 to March 2020, she served as Chief Executive Officer of Latécoère. In July 2020, Thales appointed her as Executive Vice-President, Avionics.