Patrick de Castelbajac has been appointed as CEO of ATR. Castelbajac started his aeronautical career at MBDA (previously Aerospatiale Missile) before spending three years as a lawyer at Baker & McKenzie in Paris. In 2002, he joined the legal affairs direction of Airbus, where in 2007 he became vice-president legal affairs for purchasing and intellectual property. At the end of 2010, Castelbajac joined the commercial direction of Airbus as head of contract negotiations.
