Franck Poirrier, general within the French Military acquisitions agency DGA (2S), has been the Chairman & CEO of Sodern since 2004.
He is an Officer in the Légion d’Honneur and a Chevalier in the Ordre National du Mérite.
He is a member of the Management Committee and board of the GIFAS Groupe des Equipementiers Aéronautiques et de Défense (Aerospace and Defense Equipment Provider Group – GEAD), vice-president of the GIFAS “space” commission and the representative of French space equipment providers within the Comité Ministériel de Coordination sur l’Espace (Ministerial Committee on Space Coordination – COSPACE).
Franck Poirrier began his career at the French Military acquisition agency. In 1995, he took over management of the DGA’s space activity, for which he was the head of the “space & satellites” unit. In 1998, he joined the Aérospatiale group (which later became Aérospatiale-Matra) as Launcher activity director (space and ballistics). In 2000, he was in charge of reorganizing the EADS group’s space assets, then was appointed General Secretary of EADS Space. In 2004, he took over management of Sodern which he reorganized to a make a world leader in its areas of activity.