Noël Forgeard

Noël Forgeard (born December 8, 1946) is a French industrialist, and is, as of 2004, the CEO of Airbus (aircraft manufacturer).

Forgeard has been nominated as the next French CEO of EADS. This position is shared with a German in a system which was established with the creation of EADS in 2000. Forgeard had suggested to his nomination that this system should be abolished in favour of a single CEO in a move that EADS' German shareholders have seen as an attempt to engineer a French dominated management team.

Forgeard is married with three daughters and one son. He studied at École Polytechnique (X-Mines).