Paris, November 6, 2024

Stéphane Cueille is appointed CEO of Safran Aircraft Engines effective during the first few months of 2025.

He will take over from Jean-Paul Alary, who has decided to pursue his career outside the Group. Stéphane Cueille will join Safran Aircraft Engines on January 1, 2025 and will take on his new role after the notice period of Jean Paul Alary.

Bruno Bellanger is appointed CEO of Safran Electrical & Power and joins the Group Executive Committee effective January 1, 2025. He takes over from Stéphane Cueille.

Stéphane Cueille started his career in Snecma in 1998 to work on ceramic matrix composites (CMC). He joined the French defense procurement agency DGA in 2001, taking various management positions in the aircraft propulsion and Missiles-Space sectors. In 2008, he returned to Snecma, and was in particular repair general manager in Snecma’s Military Engine division, then director of the turbine blade Center of Excellence. In May 2013 he was appointed Managing Director of Aircelle Ltd, the UK subsidiary of Aircelle (Safran Nacelles) based in Burnley. In January 2015 he was named head of the Group’s Research & Technology (R&T) center, and then in 2016 was appointed Senior Executive Vice President R&T and Innovation, and became a member of the Safran Executive Committee. In 2021 he was appointed CEO of Safran Electrical and Power.

Stéphane Cueille, 52, graduated from the École Polytechnique (1991) and holds a post-graduate degree in solid state physics and a PhD in statistical physics (1998).

Bruno Bellanger started his career in Airbus as an air-ground communications systems engineer, and Scalian as Project Manager. He joined Safran in 2004 as manager of the Safran Electronics & Defense agency in Toulouse, dedicated to Airbus A380 support. In 2005 he took responsibility for the software development of the A380 and A400M product lines, and in 2007, became Head of the Aircraft Information Systems program. In 2008, he was entrusted with managing the GADIRS Program (navigation system of the A400M) and, in November 2011, was appointed Program VP of the Avionics Division. In March 2016 Bruno became General Manager of Large Commercial Engines within Safran Aircraft Engines. He was then appointed Safran Helicopter Engines Executive Vice-President, Programs in October 2017. On July 1st, 2022, Bruno is appointed General Manager of Power Division and member of the Management Committee of Safran Electrical & Power. Bruno Bellanger, 48, graduated from ISAE (2001)