
Airbus announced on Tuesday that Dirk Hoke, recently CEO of the Large Drives business unit of Siemens AG, will succeed Bernhard Gerwert as CEO of Airbus Defense and Space (DS).“Bernhard Gerwert intends to retire mid-2016, a plan he discussed with me already more than two years ago and which I have accepted,” Tom Enders, Airbus Group CEO, said in a statement.“Bernhard has been working in the aerospace industry for 36 years throughout which he excelled in many positions, culminating in…