Thales has appointed Christoph Ruffner as CEO and Country Director for Thales Germany as of January 1. He succeeds Oliver Dörre, who left the company at the end of the year and will will now become CEO at Hensoldt, as reported. In his new role, Christoph Ruffner will report to Philippe Duhamel, Thales Executive Vice President, Defense Mission Systems.
Christoph Ruffner comes from Hensoldtwhere he was most recently Head of Spectrum Dominance & Airborne Solutions. In this function, he was also a member of the Executive Committee of Hensoldt AG. Prior to this, Ruffner held various management positions at the Airbus Group including in the areas of sales, development, transformation and human resources as well as in the management of an Airbus subsidiary. https://militaeraktuell.at/kommandouebergabe-beim-eufor-kontingent/ Bernhard Gerwert, Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Thales Deutschland, said: “Christoph Ruffner is a very experienced manager who has already successfully mastered major challenges at Hensoldt with his many years of experience in the defense sector and his customer proximity. We are delighted that Thales has been able to recruit him for this strategic position.”
