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Safran Electrical & Power promotes Julien Péchalat as Finance Vice President

Safran Electrical & Power promotes Julien Péchalat as Finance Vice President.
Before being promoted as VP Julien Péchalat held the responsibility as Safran Aircraft Engines’ Management Control Director From 2018.

Julien Péchalat will sit on the Safran Electrical & Power Executive Committee and his appointment came into effect on October 1st, 2022.

Safran Electrical & Power, a provider of equipment electrification in the electric and hybrid propulsion sector has announced the appointment of Julien Péchalat to the post of Vice President of Economic and Financial Affairs. Julien Péchalat will sit on the Safran Electrical & Power Executive Committee. Julien’s appointment came into effect on October 1st, 2022. Before taking over as VP of Economic and Financial Affairs at Safran Electrical & Power, Julien Péchalat held the responsibility as Safran Aircraft Engines’ Management Control Director From 2018.

Julien Péchalat, 40, is a graduate of the Lyon Ecole Centrale (2005) and of the Lyon Ecole de Management (2008). Julien began his career in 2006 at Ernst & Young as a financial auditor. Julien moved to the United States in 2011, and worked first for Ernst & Young and then Deloitte as a Senior Manager where he supported French companies and investment funds with their external growth operations in North America. During this period, he worked for Zodiac Aerospace, as well as a number of other aerospace groups.

In 2015, Julien Péchalat joined Zodiac Aerospace’s Mergers & Acquisitions department in France, before being promoted to deputy CFO in 2017. He was tasked, by Zodiac Aerospace, with managing the financial aspects of the merger between Safran and Zodiac Aerospace.