The ATR Assembly of Members appointed Stephane Mayer (44) as Chief Executive Officer of ATR from June 1, 2007. Stephane Mayer succeeds Filippo Bagnato whose 3-year mandate expired at the end of May 2007.

Stephane Mayer holds an engineering degree from the French school Polytechnique. Furthermore, he has degrees from the National School of Statistics & Economics and the Paris Institute of Political Studies.

He began his career in 1986 as an external auditor before taking responsibility of internal auditing for Lagardere Group (Matra Hachette) in 1992. He then moved to Matra Automobile in 1997 as Vice President Finance and Administration, and became a member of the management board in 2001.

Since 2003, he was Chairman and CEO of EADS Socata.

Stephane Mayer is an active private pilot, instrument-rated.

He is Chevalier de l'Ordre national du Merite.

The Board of Directors and the Assembly of Members of ATR expressed their appreciation of Filippo Bagnato's contribution to the success of the ATR Programme.

Also on June 1, Filippo Bagnato has been appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of ATR.