Dr. Christoph Hoppe named new CEO for Thales in Germany

Throughout his professional career, Christoph Hoppe has held various leadership positions within EADS/Airbus. From 2009 to 2013, he was the Head of Human Resources at Cassidian and Labor Director at EADS Deutschland. As an Executive Board appointee, he represented EADS Group to the Federal Government and the German Bundestag in Berlin between 2006 and 2009. From 2002 until 2006, Hoppe had operational responsibility for the development and series production of the Airbus cabin interior, while also working as the Managing Director of the former subsidiary Aircabin in Laupheim.

Christoph Hoppe started his professional career at the "Science and Politics Foundation" in 1989 after earning his academic degree in international relations from the highly-regarded Georgetown University in Washington, D.C. From 1992 to 1995, he worked as an advisor, initially in the planning commission of the CDU/CSU Bundestag fraction, followed by the German Chancellor's office in Bonn. He started his industrial career in 1995 as manager of European marketing at Daimler-Benz Aerospace (DASA), a predecessor of EADS.

“I am very much looking forward to this assignment”, Hoppe commented on his appointment as the new Thales Deutschland CEO. “In its core competence fields of security and mobility, Thales Deutschland is exceedingly well positioned today both technologically and with respect to customer proximity to generate profitable growth into the future. However, the transport and defence markets specifically are currently undergoing dramatic changes, creating extensive new challenges for our customers and our industry. We need to confront these by strengthening and continuing to expand our position as a reliable national and international partner, primarily in the cutting-edge fields of cyber security, tactical communication, protection of critical infrastructure, or for the development of new service models.”