Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security Neven Tikvica www.airbusdefenceandspace.com Head of Sales, Eastern Europe Willy-Messerschmitt-Strasse 1 Taufkirchen – zip code COMPANY PROFILE Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security is a newly created sensor house focusing on defence electronics including radars (ground, naval, air defence and airborne), optronics (ground, sea and air), self-protection systems (air and ground), Obstacle Warning Systems for flying platforms, Electronic Warfare equipment, Counter UAV systems and all related services. Our task is to help our customers and partners to detect and protect. BIOGRAPHY Neven Tikvica is Head of Sales and Business Development for Eastern Europe within Airbus DS Electronics and Border Security. With the international experience gathered in the last 15 years, I bring new opportunities not only to Airbus DS EBS, but also to the Country in question, through different kind of cooperation with the local industry,R&D entities and third-market opportunities. Seeking also for the right suppliers for Airbus DS EBS supply chain. AIRBUS GROUP César SANCHEZ-LOPEZ Site internet : www.airbusgroup.com Vice President South Eastern Europe & Israel Airbus Group Rahel-Hirsch-Straße 10, 10557 Berlin COMPANY PROFILE Airbus Group – Shaping the Future of Aeronautics and Space Airbus Group is a global leader in aeronautics, space and related services. It comprises Airbus as a leading global manufacturer of highly innovative commercial aircraft, Airbus Defence and Space as the defence and space leader in Europe, providing tanker, combat, transport and mission aircraft as well as space systems, equipment and services, and Airbus Helicopters which offers the world’s widest range of civil and military helicopters. Airbus Group is a major partner in the Eurofighter consortium, a stakeholder in the missile systems provider MBDA and a 50% partner in turboprop aircraft maker ATR. Airbus Group strives to expand its key programmes to support further profitable growth. To gain access to new markets and resources, the Group is expanding its international footprint but remains strongly committed to its home countries within Europe. Airbus Group – known as EADS until 1 January 2014 – was created in 2000 through the merger of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace AG in Germany, Aérospatiale Matra in France, and CASA in Spain. The Group is today’s best practical example of a truly successful European industrial company. With cumulative orders worth over € 1,500 billion since 2000, the Group’s order book at the end of 2015 was worth € 1,006 billion. In 2015, Airbus Group had revenues of € 64.5 billion, more than double the € 24.2 billion generated in 2000. BIOGRAPHY Accountabilities: Represents (governments, embassies, key stakeholders and organizations) and leads the Airbus Group in the region (commercial, industrial, sourcing) in coordination with the three Airbus Group divisions (Airbus Commercial, Airbus Defence & Space and Airbus Helicopters) Professional experience: +14 years in Airbus Group reporting to senior VPs and CEOs: Political Affairs (Madrid-Paris-Brussels), Commercial & Sales Astrium (Munich), head of CEO’s Office (Madrid), head of Final Assembly Line A400M (Dresden), Industrial Rep A400M (Bremen), head of Strategy Planning & Public Funding Military Aircraft (Madrid). Previous firms: ACS (Commercial engineer & high speed train construction), Artecrom (sales account manager) Education: Aeronautical Engineer (SP); Aeronautical & Mechanical Engineer (UK); PDG (IESE); EMBA (ICADE); High Level Certificate Security&Defense (European Defence College-Brussels); Diploma in International Terrorism (Univ. Carlos III); Diploma in International Relationships (SEI/University Rey Juan Carlos). Professor in “Sociedad de Estudios Internacionales” (SP) Languages: Sp, En, Fr, Ge, Pt Personal Interests: Passionate for aircraft, History, politics, reading, writing, sports (rugby, horse-riding, swimming, sailing, scuba diving) and family AIRBUS HELICOPTERS Laurent VISA www.airbushelicopters.com Area Sales Manager Aéroport International Marseille Provence 13725 Marignane Cedex COMPANY PROFILE Helicopter division of Airbus Group BIOGRAPHY Since 2011, responsible for customers relations and sales of products and services in the Western Balkans AKUO ENERGY Jean BALLANDRAS General Secretary-Akuo Energy Group 140, avenue des Champs Elysées 75007- Paris Emil BAKIC Country Manager Damira Tomljanovica Gavrana 17 10 000 ZAGREB/CROATIA www.akuoenergy.com COMPANY PROFILE Renewable Energy. BIOGRAPHY Jean BALLANDRAS - General Secretary-Akuo Energy Group Jean Ballandras is graduated from Sciences-Po Paris and Ecole Nationale d’Administration. He previously worked for the Government in French Guiana at the development of the European Space Center. Later, he monitored several key projects in islands of French Polynesia, including water supply, airports and renewables. After two years as technical advisor at Président de la République Jacques Chirac's cabinet, Jean Ballandras was appointed deputy commissioner at Réunion Island. There, he devised the GERRI project (Green Energy Revolution - Reunion Island), a master plan aimed at integrating all innovations and technologies in the field of renewables to reach self-sufficiency. In less than four years some groundbreaking projects have been kick-started: Sea Water Air Conditioning, Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion, micro algae cultivation for biofuel and a model electric vehicle infrastructure. In 2011, Jean Ballandras joined AkuoEnergy as General Secretary, to implement the strategy of the company in two fields: marine renewable energies and carbon neutral solutions for insular territories. AkuoEnergy recent success in the NEMO project with DCNS (OTEC/Martinique Island) is a very promising start at the crossroads of those directions. In May 2015, Jean has been appointed “Senior Advisor to the Minister In charge of Renewable Energies” by French Foreign Affairs Minister Laurent Fabius. Emil BAKIC - Country Manager BTS Action Commercial /1989 BTP Entrepreneur/ 1990-2013 Renewable energy/ Akuo Energy Croatia since 2013 ALSTOM Djurica Misin www.alstom.com Sales&Business development manager Ulica Grada Vukovara 284 10000 Zagreb COMPANY PROFILE As a promoter of sustainable mobility, Alstom develops and markets systems, equipment and services for the railway sector. Alstom manages the widest range of solutions in the market – from high-speed trains to metros and tramways – and associated maintenance, modernization, infrastructure and signaling solutions. Alstom is a world leader in integrated railway systems. It recorded sales of €6.2 billion and booked €10 billion of orders in the 2014/15 fiscal year. Headquartered in France, Alstom is present in over 60 countries and employs 32,000 people today. BIOGRAPHY Education: Gymnasium, Faculty for traffic Business experience: Croatian Railway: 1984-2001, engineer, deputy CEO Vukovarsko-srijemska county, deputy county prefect 2001-2002 Nexe Group, division director 2002-2009 Alstom, sales &BD manager since 2009 BETEN INTERNATIONAL Jean ROCHE + 33 (0)1 43 91 13 13 President [email protected] 79 avenue la Bruyère www.beteninternational.com 94400 Vitry-sur-Seine, France COMPANY PROFILE Our Company is specialized in developing energy, industrial and agricultural projects. It focuses mainly at identification, studies, implementation and management of international or turnkey projects. Our Company undertakes also consulting missions or delegates its top level experts in each sector of activity required. History BETEN International was founded in 1996 by Jean Roche on the basis of previous engineering activity in France and later on international in manifold sectors such as industry, military, nuclear, pharmaceutical and tertiary. BETEN is applying its core activity of engineering and consulting to engineering, industrial or energy environmental projects. The company shares also its technologies and know-how in development of projects in the Eastern countries by provision of information to the interested companies and by offering visiting solutions through its real estate network in Ukraine. BETEN assists also all Eastern enterprises that need professional exchanges with Western European companies. BOUYGUES CONSTRUCTION Charles PARADIS Tél.: 33 (0)1 30 60 54 46 Chief Operating Officer [email protected] 1, avenue Eugène Freyssinet www.bouygues-construction.com 78280 Guyancourt - France COMPANY PROFILE Bouygues Construction is a global player in construction and services. Active in 80 countries, our teams design, build and operate buildings and structures which improve the quality of the living and working environment of their users. Thanks to the wide range of our expertise, we have been involved in projects with extremely diverse characteristics including public-sector buildings (e.g. Surrey hospital in Canada and the Home Office in London), private-sector buildings (e.g. the international exhibition centre in Hong Kong and the First Tower in Paris-La Défense), transport infrastructures (e.g. Terminal 2 at Paris Charles de Gaulle and the Sydney metro, the highways of Istria, Zagreb airport) and energy and communications networks as varied at street lighting in Lille and the principal power lines in northern Gabon. We have undergone constantly growth over a period of more than 60 years, and today we are the leader in sustainable construction. Our 52,200 employees enable our customers to benefit each day from this conception of our business.