Louis Gallois
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Louis Gallois is a French businessman and currently the co-CEO of EADS, and CEO of Airbus.
Gallois has headed Snecma (1989-1992) Aérospatiale (1992-1996) and SNCF (1996-2006).
Gallois was appointed to EADS on 2 July 2006 following the resignation of Noël Forgeard. Forgeard resigned after allegations of insider trading, which he denied. Forgeard sold EADS stock weeks before its Airbus subsidiary announced the Airbus A380 would be delayed again. The announcement caused a 26% slump in the EADS share price.
As of the 9 October 2006 Louis Gallois replaced Christian Streiff as the CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus S.A.S.
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