Yannick Assouad is a French businessperson who has been at the helm of 8 different companies and currently is Director & Member-Executive Committee at Groupement Industries Françaises Aeronautiques Spatiale, Chairman for Zodiac Inflight Innovations FR SAS and President for Latécoère Développement SAS. Dr. Assouad is also Executive Vice President-Avionics at Thales SA and on the board of 5 other companies.

In her past career she was Chairman at Honeywell Secan, Head-Thermal Mechanical Analysis Group at Thales SA, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Latécoère SA, Director-Technical at Honeywell Aerospace SAS, Chief Executive Officer at Safran Cabin France SAS, President for LATelec SA, Member-Executive Board at Zodiac Aerospace SA and Chief Executive Officer-Aircraft Systems at Zodiac Aerospace SA.

Yannick Assouad received an undergraduate degree from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and a doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology.