Profile
Jean-Christophe holds an engineering degree from the Université Technologique de Compiègne and a joint Master’s in Business and Project Management from HEC & ISAE Supaero. He has more than 12 years’ experience in the aerospace and defence industries, including 9 years at Airbus where he held various positions in business development and as a Bid Manager, Team Manager and Chief of staff before becoming fully involved in the development of sustainable aviation. In 2014 he joined the E-Fan team to lead the historic Channel crossing project, which was successfully completed on 10 July 2015, the day he turned 30. He was then appointed as E-Fan 2.0 Programme Manager, a role that made him aware of the impact of electric and hybrid technologies in aviation and the scale of the challenges to be met on all issues related to their certification, industrialization and sales. Jean-Christophe is now the CEO of Ascendance Flight Technologies, developing solutions for a cleaner and more sustainable aviation including both eVTOL aircraft and hybrid-electric propulsion technologies.Sessions