Noël Forgeard (born 8 December 1946 in La Ferté-Gaucher) is a French industrialist and former joint CEO of EADS.
From April 1998 until June 2005, Forgeard was CEO of the aircraft manufacturer Airbus SAS.
This position is shared with a German—then Thomas Enders—in a system that was established at the creation of EADS in 2000.
Forgeard made a 2.5 million Euro profit on the sale of EADS shares,[1] with his children earning 4.2 million Euro, just weeks before news of Airbus A380 delays was released.
[3] Forgeard resigned as CEO of EADS on 2 July 2006 and was replaced by Christian Streiff.