Emmanuel de RoquefeuilVP and Country Director – India Thales

Mr. Emmanuel de Roquefeuil was appointed VP and Country Director – India, Thales, in February 2017. In his current role, he is responsible for leading and driving Thales’ growth in the country and also realising the Group’s overall goal of ‘make in India and export from India’.

Prior to this appointment, Emmanuel served as the VP Sales & Marketing for Optronics and Missile Electronics at Thales. In this role, he was responsible for the setting up of OPTROLEAD, a joint venture between Thales and Sagem.

Emmanuel, 60, brings a wealth of experience spanning over three decades in the defence and aerospace market. He has been with Thales for more than 27 years and has occupied key positions in the sales and marketing divisions in France and overseas. Prior to joining Thales in 1989, Emmanuel worked with Dassault Aviation as a project engineer on the European space shuttle HERMES.