Airbus Replace Sales Head After Less Than a Year on Job
- Schulz joined from Rolls-Royce to succeed sales supremo Leahy
- Executive departure comes at critical juncture for planemaker
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Airbus SE replaced its head of sales after less than a year, adding to the rapid changeover at the top of the planemaker and highlighting the challenge of filling the shoes of inimitable predecessor John Leahy.
Eric Schulz, who joined the European planemaker from Rolls-Royce Holdings Plc, will be succeeded by Christian Scherer, 56, an Airbus veteran who has held different positions inside the company, most recently as head of regional aircraft unit ATR. Schulz is leaving Airbus for personal reasons, and the company regrets his decision, it said in a statement.