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StartAir Club by GIFAS Establishes Inaugural Board with CEO Jean-Christophe Lambert Appointed as President

May 23, 2024

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StartAir Club by GIFAS Appoints New Leadership to Drive Innovation in French Aerospace Industry

The StartAir Club by GIFAS - Groupement des Industries Françaises Aéronautiques et Spatiales, the club for French startups in the aerospace industry, has just established a Board for its very first time.

We are very proud to announce that our CEO Jean-Christophe Lambert is appointed President and Thomas Hiriart, CEO of ION-X, Vice-President.This board is composed of 10 members and interacts with the different instances of the GIFAS. It also works to prepare the global 2025 roadmap.

These appointments mark a key step in structuring the leadership of the #StartAir club, which now includes 64 French startups.

One of the key events of this year for StartAir will be its conference in October 2024 about "The Contribution of Startups to Innovation in the French Aerospace Industry", a unique opportunity to highlight the crucial role of startups and to promote exchanges between the different actors in the sector.

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