France 2016
group general counsel | Airbus Group
John Harrison
group general counsel | Airbus Group
General Counsel and Head of Public Affairs, Corporate Secretary and UK Chairman; Member of the Airbus Executive Committee | Airbus SE
General counsel and corporate secretary, member of the Airbus executive committee, chairman of Airbus UK | Airbus
General counsel, corporate secretary and chairman of airbus UK | Airbus
Group general counsel | Airbus
Well-known and prominent among the French in-house legal community, John Harrison is an individual fully merits recognition. He has been general counsel for Airbus and member of the Group Executive...
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.
