Gottfried is a senior finance executive with over 20 years of international experience, currently serving as VP, Head of Accounting for Defence and Space at Airbus. His career includes C-level roles at Alstom and Bombardier, where he led large finance teams and drove performance in the railway industry. He earned his Diplom-Kaufmann from EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht.
He is intellectually curious, with a keen interest in the leadership challenges and opportunities presented by artificial intelligence. Gottfried believes in fostering a culture where learning from failure is encouraged, seeing it as a key to organizational safety and innovation. He follows thought leaders like Satya Nadella.
After 19 years in the railway industry, he made a significant career shift into the defence and space sector.
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