New CEO and new Chairman of the Supervisory Board appointed at Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH

Maurizio De Mitri

Alberto Gutierrez

The shareholder representatives of the Eurofighter consortium have appointed Alberto Jose Gutierrez Moreno as the Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH and Maurizio De Mitri, who is currently Senior Vice President Military Aircraft Sector at Alenia Aermacchi, as the Chairman of the Supervisory Board with effect from 1 June 2013.

Alberto Gutierrez will succeed Enzo Casolini who has led the European consortium since 1 May 2009. According to the rotation principle, Mr. De Mitri will follow Berndt Wünsche who has been Chairman of the Supervisory Board and who remains Senior Member of the Supervisory Board in his function as Head of Combat Air Systems at Cassidian.

Alberto Gutierrez has held the position of Head of Operations at Airbus Military in Madrid since July 2007 where his responsibilities covered the production of the A400M military transport aircraft, A330 tanker, C295, CN235 and P3 antisubmarine aircraft. Born in 1962, Mr. Gutierrez began his professional career in 1985 at the CASA plant in Getafe. After holding several positions as a programmes and production manager, he became Eurofighter Production Director from 2000 to 2004 responsible for the supply chain of the Eurofighter right wing, the final assembly line in Getafe, and the delivery of the combat aircraft to the Spanish Air Force. From 2006 to 2007 he was Head of Military Production of Military Air Systems and in charge of the overall manufacturing work at Manching, Augsburg, Lemwerder and Getafe. From 2007 to 2009 Mr. Gutierrez was Head of Global Supply Chain & Industrial Operations at the Military Transport Aircraft division of Airbus. As a member of several shareholder committees, Alberto Gutierrez also gathered international experiences, for instance, as Chairman of the Supervisory Board of PZL Poland and as a member of the PTDI Steering Committee for the revitalization of the Indonesian aerospace industry.

Commenting on his appointment, Alberto Gutierrez said: “This new job is a great challenge for me at the peak in my career. My key priorities will focus on competitiveness, campaigns and capabilities in order to make Eurofighter Typhoon even more successful in the world market. Starting from a European partnership, we need to move Eurofighter Typhoon forward into a more global partnership and invite new customer nations to join this leading-edge programme. Eurofighter Typhoon is widely acknowledged as an effective, proven and trusted weapon system. I am confident that we will win more customers in the next few years.”