New CEO of LISI AEROSPACE 28 January 2020

LISI Group has announced the appointment of Emmanuel Neildez as chief executive officer of LISI AEROSPACE as of 1st January 2020. He takes over from Jean-Louis Colders to continue LISI AEROSPACE’s growth as a leading supplier of aerospace fasteners and structural components.

Emmanuel Neildez is a graduate of École Polytechnique and École Nationale des Ponts et Chaussées. During his ten year period at Faurecia, a French automotive supplier, he held various positions from production, project management to industrial strategic management. He joined LISI AEROSPACE in 2007 and took on several operational management assignments, before becoming chief operating officer in 2017.

Jean-Louis Colders will remain within the LISI Group until June 2020 to support its development initiatives.

Remaining true to its values centred on people, the management team at LISI AEROSPACE has the ambition to pursue the company’s growth in the aeronautical fasteners sector and ensure the transformation of the Structural Components Business Group into a world leader in its markets. “I have full confidence in LISI AEROSPACE’s teams to further increase our customer proximity and pursue our deployment strategy based on innovation,” commented Emmanuel Neildez.

“Following in the footsteps of Jean-Louis Colders, Emmanuel Neildez, with his industrial experience, his knowledge of the aerospace market, and his presence within the teams for more than ten years, has all the qualities required to lead LISI AEROSPACE,” added Emmanuel Viellard, chief executive officer of LISI Group.

LISI is a global industrial group specialised in the manufacturing of high value-added assembly and components solutions, with divisions including LISI AEROSPACE, LISI AUTOMOTIVE and LISI MEDICAL. Thanks to the commitment of its 12,500 employees in 13 countries over 4 continents, LISI Group generated sales of €1.6 billion in 2018.

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