Ariel Sirat,
CEO,IRT Saint Exupéry

Ariel Sirat (X80-PhD-MBA) led all his career in industry as research engineer (Philips) then as technology manager (Airbus) for more than 25 years. His R&T teams contributed to several high tech programs in Aerospace including Helios, Scalp (for which they got the ‘Science et Défense’ prize), A380 and A350. He was also R&T portfolio manager for Systems and Product Engineering for Airbus Group (former EADS) for 4 years. Ariel Sirat set up IRT (Institute of Technology) Saint Exupéry in 2013 and manages it as CEO.