ATR appointed Jean-Luc Establie (52) as new president of the ATR India Customer Support Private Ltd, its subsidiary in India, succeeding Marc Bourret, who is taking new responsibilities as Project & Planning Director in the ATR Customer Services directorate.

Jean-Luc Establie has been since 2002 Sales Director for India and the surrounding region. In his position he strongly contributed to the success of ATR in the development of the regional market in India, with sales for more than 70 new aircraft since 2005.

While keeping his sales responsibilities, Jean-Luc Establie will additionally be in charge of further developing and expanding the customer support services provided by ATR, which also play an important role in its success in the region.

He initially joined ATR in 1999 as Sales Director for the Eastern Mediterranean.

Prior to joining ATR, he worked at Socata from 1996 as Sales Director for Southern Europe. Previously, he had worked in the Marketing and Commercial Department of the Electronic division of Aerospatiale (the predecessor to EADS), being in charge of the worldwide promotion of Aircraft Electronic Documentation and Aircraft Maintenance software. He initially joined Aerospatiale in the Electronic division as a CAE (Computer Aided Engineering) manager.

He started his career in 1982 in developing real time software.

Jean-Luc Establie received a Masters in Electronics & Computers from the Institut Supérieur d’Electronique du Nord (Lille, France) in 1982.

Jean-Luc Establie has a CPL (Commercial Pilot License), and flies as Instructor and Flight Examiner. He has three children and likes skiing and diving.

Source: ATR