Benoit Defforge has been appointed as managing director of Airbus Corporate Jets. He now leads Airbus’ corporate jet business globally, combining his new role with that of his previous one as head of the Airbus Corporate Jet Centre (ACJC). Defforge, 49, graduated with an Engineering Diploma from the Ecole National Superiéur d’Arts et Métiers in Paris in 1987, and an INSEAD Business Diploma in 2011.