Yannick Assouad is a French businessperson who has been at the head of 8 different companies and currently holds the position of Director & Member-Executive Committee at Groupement Industries Françaises Aeronautiques Spatiale, Chairman of Zodiac Inflight Innovations FR SAS and President at Latécoère Développement SAS.

She is also Executive Vice President-Avionics at Thales SA and on the board of 5 other companies.

In her past career Dr. Assouad was Chairman for Honeywell Secan, Head-Thermal Mechanical Analysis Group at Thales SA, Chief Executive Officer & Director at Latécoère SA, Director-Technical at Honeywell Aerospace SAS, Chief Executive Officer for Safran Cabin France SAS, President at LATelec SA, Member-Executive Board at Zodiac Aerospace SA and Chief Executive Officer-Aircraft Systems at Zodiac Aerospace SA.

She received an undergraduate degree from Institut National des Sciences Appliquées de Lyon and a doctorate from Illinois Institute of Technology.