Dassault Aviation Names Carlos Brana Executive Vice President of Civil Aircraft
7/10/2019
Dassault Aviation has
appointed Carlos Brana Executive Vice President, Civil Aircraft. He succeeds Olivier Villa, who retired on
July 1.
“Carlos’ leadership and
vision will be essential to maintaining the competitiveness of our Falcon operation
and continuing the modernization of our product line,” said Dassault Aviation
Chairman & CEO Eric Trappier. “His two decades of experience in sales and
product support will be vital to our continuing effort to deliver top-quality
service to Falcon operators and maximize the customer ownership experience.”
Since 2016 Brana served
as Villa’s deputy as Senior Vice President, Civil Aircraft with a special focus
on worldwide Falcon business jet sales and marketing.
In his new role, he will
be responsible for defining and implementing global sales, marketing, customer
service and product development strategy enabling the company to address the dynamic
business aviation market environment.
Brana has been with
Dassault’s business jet operation since 2005. He began as Director of Sales for
Asia at Dassault Falcon Jet (DFJ), the company’s wholly owned subsidiary
headquartered in Teterboro, New Jersey.
He was later named Vice President for Contracts & Specifications,
and subsequently Senior Vice President for DFJ Operations, with responsibility
for customer service, finance and contract management. He also oversaw activities
at the Dassault Aircraft Services (DAS) affiliate, which manages company-owned
service centers in the Americas.
Brana began his career
at Dassault in 1984 as a design engineer on the Rafale, Mirage F1 and Mirage
2000 combat aircraft programs. He was later assistant manager for the Mirage
2000 program, then contract manager for the Qatar and Taiwan Mirage 2000-5 contracts.
After joining the
foreign military sales force in 1998, he led the negotiating team for the
Rafale proposal in South Korea before being named Director of Military Sales for
the Middle East.
Carlos holds an engineering
degree from the Ecole Centrale de Paris and a Master in Business Administration
from France’s HEC.
About Dassault Aviation
Dassault Aviation is a leading aerospace company with a presence in over 90 countries across six continents. Dassault designs and builds the family of Falcon business jets as well as the Rafale fighter jet. The company employs a workforce of over 12,000 and has production facilities in both France and the United States, and a worldwide service network. Since the rollout of the first Falcon 20 in 1963, over 2,650 Falcons have been delivered. The tri-jet and twin-engine lines offer outstanding efficiency and comfort, with ranges from 3,500 nm to 7,500 nm. They include the flagship Falcon 10X, the pioneering Falcon 7X and 8X, the widebody Falcon 6X, and the versatile Falcon 900LX, 2000LXS. Falcon Customer Service continues to hold the top spot in key business aviation surveys.
About Dassault Falcon Jet
Dassault Falcon Jet Corp., is a wholly owned U.S. subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, France. Dassault Falcon Jet markets and supports the Falcon family of business jets throughout North America and South America.
