Volker Paltzo Appointed As CEO Of Eurofighter GmbH

The Shareholders of the Eurofighter consortium have appointed Volker Paltzo as the new Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH.

Volker Paltzo is currently the CEO of Atlas Elektronik GmbH in Bremen and he will be CEO of Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH with effect from 1 January 2016.

The 51 year old manager will succeed Alberto Gutierrez who has been the Eurofighter CEO since June 2013. As part of Eurofighter's rotation policy, Gutierrez will become the new Head of Eurofighter Programme at Airbus Defence and Space in Manching as of 1 January 2016, the company announced Thursday.

CEO Volker Paltzo said: The company achieved contract signatures for the Meteor and Storm Shadow integration, for the future E-Scan radar and the Phase 3 Enhancement. During his time, Eurofighter also managed to increase its customer base."

Alberto said “I am looking forward to taking the knowledge I have gained as CEO of Eurofighter and using it for the benefit of the Programme within my parent company. The effective transfer of knowledge is what makes Eurofighter uniquely potent."

Volker Paltzo has been the CEO of Atlas Elektronik since 2011. Before that he was Chief Operating Officer (COO) Capabilities at Eurofighter Jagdflugzeug GmbH from 2009 to 2011 and therefore has a knowledge about the Eurofighter programme.