Airbus has announced a raft of new appointments in its newly-created communications & corporate affairs function, which will go live on 1 January 2020.
The new communications leadership team will work together to ensure business proximity, reinforcing audience centricity and growing digital, editorial and visual content capabilities.
Maggie Bergsma, currently head of communications for ATR, is appointed head of communications commercial aircraft. In the new communications leadership team she will join Yves Barillé, head of communications helicopters, and Dirk Erat, head of communications defence & space.
Philipp Encz is appointed head of creative core, a newly-created role in which he will lead Airbus’ creative content teams and oversee group-wide internal and external communication activities. Encz joins from Siemens where he acted as head of financial and corporate media relations. He will work closely with Bergsma, Barillé and Erat to ensure proximity and coordination with the company’s three main businesses.
Encz, Bergsma, Barillé and Erat will report directly to Julie Kitcher – executive vice-president communications & corporate affairs and member of the Airbus executive committee.
Finally, Guillaume Steuer is appointed head of external communications, reporting to Encz and managing Airbus’ media relations, web and social media activities.
