Parrot SA has announced the appointment of Francois Ruault as sales and marketing director for its consumer drones business. Based in France, he will run worldwide sales and marketing for Parrot's Consumer Drones and Connected Devices. After earning his stripes in advertising with BBDO in the US and then France, he joined Apple Inc. In 2013, he joined Amazon at its Seattle headquarters as Worldwide Marketing Director for Digital Products, covering the US, Europe and Asia.