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Sofema
Sofema (Société française d’exportation de matériel militaire et aéronautique) is a Economy of France, French company which specializes today in the renovation, marketing and maintenance of first generation land, sea and air equipment, mainly from material sourced from the French Armed Forces. The company is headquartered in Levallois-Perret, Levallois, near Paris. Technical facilities are situated in La Teste-de-Buch, La Teste (Gironde - in the south west of France) and Châteauroux (Indre). Sofema was used by Indian lobbyist Niira Radia and Singh for routing their money which they earned as commission in the deal with Sahara Airlines to negotiate the purchase of helicopters from Eurocopter. History Sofema was created in 1997 from the merger of two utility companies (Ofema and Sofma), responsible for supporting and guiding the foreign sales of large French aeronautic and defence groups. Its first President (until 2001) was the Prefect (France), Préfet Ivan Barbot (former ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guillaume Giscard D'Estaing
Born in 1958, Guillaume Giscard d'Estaing has been chairman and CEO of Sofema since 2007. Career After an initial career as a naval officer and helicopter pilot, Guillaume Giscard d'Estaing entered Turbomeca (Snecma group) based in Pau, Pyrénées-Atlantiques, Pau in 1994 as Sales Manager and, later, marketing director. In addition to new equipment, the engine retrofit activity (successive changes of a standard model by return to factory) would later inform his thinking on the future of extending the life of equipment and the new direction of Sofema. From 2000 to 2004 in the UK, Giscard d'Estaing managed three separate companies - Turbomeca UK, and the joint ventures Rolls-Royce Turbomeca Limited, Rolls-Royce Turbomeca and Rolls-Royce Snecma. With these jobs, he was confronted with Franco-British cooperation, strategic negotiations with prestigious boards, maintaining close contact with customers and users. In 2004, Guillaume Giscard d'Estaing joined Snecma headquarters in Fran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
