Press Release

Issued by Airbus Helicopters UK.

August 29, 2014

Alvaro Beteta Meredith will be head of communications for Airbus Helicopters UK business and responsible for UK communications for the wider business. Starting in his new role on 1st September 2014, Alvaro Beteta Meredith will be based at the company's UK headquarters at Oxford Airport. He comes to this directly from his role as communications and PR manager at Airbus Group UK, where for five years he deputised for Jeremy Greaves, vp communications.

Colin James, managing director Airbus Helicopters UK, said, “With a strong background in aerospace and defence and an intimate knowledge of the wider Airbus Group and his European background, Al Meredith will provide the necessary experience to help raise the profile of the UK business and support wider company activities in the UK”.

Cecile Vion-Lanctuit, vp corporate communications for Airbus Helicopters, said, “Al Meredith's appointment demonstrates the importance Airbus Helicopters places on the UK market and the need to ensure an engaged and proactive communications strategy in support of the company's reputation, strategic positioning and profile in the UK”.

Alvaro Beteta Meredith has over 12 years' combined agency and in-house communications and PR experience, including eight years in the aerospace and defence sector, firstly at Finmeccanica's Selex ES (then SELEX Galileo) followed by five years at Airbus Group UK. Mr Beteta Meredith also spent four years working agency-side, both in Spain and the UK, for top brands and blue-chip clients including Microsoft, Electronic Arts, GSK Biologicals, Pfizer, Qinetiq and National Geographic Society.