Denis Ranque is a French businessperson who has been at the helm of 17 different companies. Currently, Mr. Ranque occupies the position of Co-Chairman at Fabrique de Lindustrie and Non-Executive Chairman of Airbus SE.

He is also on the board of Compagnie de Saint-Gobain SA and CMA CGM SA and Chairman for Ecole Polytechnique.

In the past Mr. Ranque held the position of Chairman of Technicolor SA, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer for Thomson Sintra Activités Sous Marines, Chairman & Chief Executive Officer at Thales SA Chairman-Supervisory Board at Thales International SA, Chief Executive Officer of Thomson Marconi Sonar BV and Chief Executive Officer for Thomson Tubes Electroniques (which are all subsidiaries of Thales SA), Chairman for Seilab Entreprises, Chairman for Le Cercle de l'Industrie, Chairman at Haut Comité De Gouvernement D’Entreprise, First Vice President at Groupement Industries Françaises Aeronautiques Spatiale, Chief Executive Officer for Consinto GmbH, Chief Executive Officer at Thales Underwater Systems SASU, Planning Director at Thomson Group, Chairman of Fondation ParisTech, Chairman of École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris, Chairman at Association Nationale de la Recherche et de la Technologie and Member of Académie des Technologies.

Mr. Ranque received an undergraduate degree from École Nationale Supérieure des Mines de Paris and an undergraduate degree from Ecole Polytechnique.

Denis Ranque (born 7 January 1952 in Marseille) is the former CEO and chairman of Thales Group. In July 2004, he was awarded an honorary CBE.

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