Safran Aircraft Engines has appointed Laurent Mazoue as Senior Vice President, Industrial and Supply Chain, succeeding Claude Quillien, who has retired.
Mazoue brings more than two decades of experience across industrial operations, manufacturing, MRO and supply chain activities. He began his career at Vallourec, where he held several positions spanning methods, quality and production.
He joined Safran Helicopter Engines in 2001 and went on to hold a number of roles in MRO and industrial operations. In 2011, he was appointed Industrial Director Manufacturing. In 2017, he joined Safran Aircraft Engines as Director of the Rotating Parts Centre of Excellence (CEI).
Since June 2021, Mazoue has served as Director of Operations at Airbus Helicopters.
In his new role at Safran Aircraft Engines, Mazoue will oversee the company’s industrial and supply chain activities as it continues to ramp up production of the CFM LEAP and M88 engine programmes.
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His responsibilities will include supporting production-line performance while expanding industrial capacity to meet current and future programme requirements. Safran Aircraft Engines is also preparing for future developments, including the M88 T-REX and CFM RISE programmes.
Mazoue succeeds Claude Quillien, who has retired following a career contributing to the industrial development of Safran Aircraft Engines.


