About

John Harrison was appointed group general counsel, a newly created position within the executive committee of the Airbus Group, in 2015. His new role consolidates the three functions of corporate secretary, general counsel and head of ethics and compliance. Harris joined Airbus from the energy construction and services company Technip where he served as group general counsel, a role that was also created upon his arrival. Prior to joining Technip he served in a number of roles at EADS (now Airbus), including as the GC of its defence and security division. Standouts among his many achievements in-house include brokering the legal aspects of Technip’s cross-border agreement with Air Liquide Global E&C Solutions for the acquisition of the polymer production activities at Zimmer technologies and his work helping to shape the EADS legal team. Harrison brings with him a wide experience of corporate and commercial, compliance and corporate governance expertise. He has previously worked at Clifford Chance and is solicitor of the Supreme Court of England and Wales.