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Olivier Zarrouati (born April 16, 1958 in Toulon, France) is a French engineer and business man. Since 2007, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Aerospace.
Biography
Education
Zarrouati, an alumnus of the Ecole Polytechnique (1980), graduated from the École nationale supérieure de l'aéronautique et de l'espace in 1982.
Career
Zarrouati started his career as a defense engineer before joining the French Space agency (Centre National d’Etudes Spatiales) from 1982 to 1988. In 1989, he joined Matra Marconi Space as project manager for earth observation satellites. In 1998, he led the Development Direction of Intertechnique which was acquired by Zodiac group in 1999. He then served as CEO of Aerosafety’s segment and CEO of the Group’s aeronautical activities. Since 2007, he has been Chief Executive Officer of Zodiac Aerospace. In October 2015, he was chosen by the Supervisory Board to serve a third term of four years as CEO.
Other activity
Since 2011, Zarrouati has been President of the ISAE SUPAERO Foundation.
Honors
In 2000, he was appointed Knight of the National Order of Merit and Knight of the Legion of Honor in 2013.