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Pascal Cléré is now the managing director of the Thales France Simulation activity.
Pascal Cléré holds a PhD in Mathematics/Artificial Intelligence. Pascal began his career at the corporate research centre of Alcatel as the head in the area of Artificial Intelligence. From 1990 to 1998, he served in CEGELEC as Automation Department Head for power plants, utilities and metal industry applications. He then became Chief Operating Officer of Alcatel Transport Solutions Division. In 2004 Pascal became Chief Operating Officer of the Alcatel Integration and Services Division focused on worldwide telecommunication activities for carriers and private customers and was also the head of the Alcatel Transportation Vertical Market. In 2007 Pascal was appointed Operations Director of the new Thales Security Solutions and Services Division. As managing director for the Thales France simulation activity, Pascal has responsibility for around 600 staff primarily engaged in rotary wing and land vehicle simulation in both the military and civil domains for a world-wide customer base.

Michel Masselin is now Director, Training Solutions.
Michel joined Thales in 1984 as a software engineer having previously obtained his degree in aerospace engineering from the French Sup'Aéro, complemented by a Master of Science from USC California. After a few years of software development positions, he moved to Sales and Marketing and was heavily involved in several international programmes, creating several successful joint ventures. From 2000, he directed the Thales Land & Joint Systems Division's French sales team. In 2003 he transferred to Thales Training & Simulation to manage the French and European sales team with particular emphasis on the German NH90 PFI synthetic training service, which was successfully signed in 2004. He then took responsibility of the European defence services business unit. In his new role, Michel is responsible for the team formulation Thales training services solutions for a variety of customer requirements and business models on a word-wide bases.

All three roles report to Chris Gane, VP Training & Simulation who said "I am very pleased with these dynamic additions to the Thales Training & Simulation management team. These individuals bring strong customer focus and other strengths to the organization"

Notes to Editors:

Jeremy Standen, who previously held the UK position, has joined the Thales D3S corporate offices in a senior role in the technical domain.

Dominique Gaiardo, who previously held the French position, is to focus on his role as Chief Operating Officer of the overall Training & Simulation business.

The Director, Training Solutions position is a new role.

About Thales

Thales is a leading international electronics and systems group, addressing defence, aerospace and security markets worldwide. Thales' leading-edge technology is supported by 22,000 R&D engineers who offer a capability unmatched in Europe to develop and deploy field-proven mission-critical information systems. To this end, the group's civil and military businesses develop in parallel and share a common base of technologies to serve a single objective: the security of people, property and nations. The group builds its growth on its unique multi-domestic strategy based on trusted partnerships with national customers and market players, while leveraging its global expertise to support local technology and industrial development. Thales employs 68,000 people in 50 countries with 2007 revenues of € 12.3 billion.

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