Daniel McCombe was appointed Head of Transformation & Services Finance - Airbus Americas Inc., based in Herndon, Virginia, effective October 1, 2019.
Reporting directly to the Airbus Americas CFO, he is responsible to lead company-wide transformation initiatives that are of strategic importance to the Airbus Americas CEO and the Executive Leadership of Airbus and its Divisions in the North America region. In addition, he acts as a finance business partner to the VP Customer Services, leading business controlling activities for Customer Support, Training and Material Services with full accountability for the Profit & Loss, Balance Sheet and Free Cash-Flow of Airbus Americas Customer Services Inc. Further, he serves as the Head of Finance – UAS Digital Services, supporting Airbus Aerial – a new operating unit – to develop and scale their operations globally with end-to-end responsibility for finance and commercial strategy and execution.
Prior to his new position, Daniel was Head of Business Transformation for Airbus Americas Inc. In this position, he led key strategic programs including the merger of Group Headquarters with the Airbus Commercial Aircraft division under project Gemini and Airbus’ acquisition of the C-Series aircraft program from Bombardier, now rebranded as the A220.
Joining Airbus Defence Space in 2012, Daniel has held a series of increasingly responsible senior finance positions within Airbus, accumulating an exceptional background through different assignments including positions in India, Germany and the US. A native of Canada, Daniel earned his Bachelor of Commerce and Master of Global Business degrees from the University of Victoria where he completed international semesters of study in Portugal, Germany, Taiwan and Austria.