Press Release

Issued by Safran Nacelles.

July 1, 2013

Aircelle has named Martin Sion as its new chairman and ceo, effective today, following his confirmation at a meeting of the company's board of directors.

Sion succeeds Vincent Mascré, who has been appointed the chairman and ceo of Messier-Bugatti-Dowty, which – like Aircelle – is a business of the Safran group.

The 44-year-old Martin Sion pursued his entire professional career within Safran companies, starting at the Société Européenne de Propulsion (SEP, which now is part of Snecma), following his 1990 graduation from the Ecole Centrale de Paris engineering school. At SEP, he held the positions of design engineer, combustion department manager, chief engineer for the Ariane 5 launcher's HM7 engine, and head of the combustion component design department.

In early 2005, Martin Sion was named head of engineering for the Snecma Space Engines division, and then head of improvement initiatives at Snecma in 2006. He took over responsibility for the equipment and accessories center of industrial excellence at Snecma's production division in 2009.

Martin Sion was appointed the head of Snecma's Space Engines division in September 2010.