MBDA managing director Thomas Gottschild chairs BDI Security Committee
People and appointments: on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference, the BDI has filled the chair of its Security Committee. Thomas Gottschild of MBDA Deutschland takes over and is to strengthen the defence industry's voice on the body.
Thomas Gottschild, managing director of MBDA Deutschland GmbH, takes the chair of the Security Committee of the Federation of German Industries (BDI) – among the latest people and appointments. The defence industry manager was elected on the sidelines of the Munich Security Conference.
The work of this BDI committee focuses on key issues of internal and external security.
Impetus for the defence industry
As chair, Gottschild will help shape the body's strategic direction and advance industrial policy initiatives. The aim: to strengthen the competitiveness of the German security and defence industry in the long term.
Gottschild has been managing director of MBDA Deutschland GmbH since July 2016; he is also a member of MBDA's Executive Committee. As Executive Group Director Strategy, he is responsible for MBDA's strategic direction.
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