Vincent Dedieu was appointed Deputy CEO and Chief Operating Officer of Sodern in March 2018, after occupying the positions of Strategy and innovation director since he joined the company in 2016. He is now in charge of development and production activities.
Vincent Dedieu began his career at the French Military acquisitions agency (DGA) in 2005. After specializing in the area of tactical missiles, he then provided support for Defense exports within the International development department between 2010 and 2016. Initially he was the Director’s Chief of Staff, then Land Systems Export Operations Director, where he sought to develop bilateral cooperation with other countries.
More recently, he had been working with the former Minister for Higher Education and Research, Mrs Fioraso, on a report the recommendations of which were presented to the Prime Minister in 2016 and sought to strengthen the competitiveness of the French space sector.
A colonel within the French Military acquisitions agency (DGA), Vincent Dedieu is a graduate of the Télécom Paristech engineering college and has a master in industrial economics from Paris- Dauphine.