Karine Stamens is appointed Safran Corporate Secretary

Paris, November 4, 2021

Effective January 1st, 2022, Karine Stamens is appointed Corporate Secretary and Executive Committee member. She also chairs the Group Ethics and Compliance Committee. Karine Stamens succeeds Céleste Thomasson who has chosen to give a new direction to her career outside Safran. The Group thanks warmly Celeste Thomasson for her contribution during the 19 years within Safran. She will accompany the transition phase until the end of the year.

Karine Stamens started her career as a fiscal lawyer in J.D.P. Société d’Avocats (Andersen legal Group) and in Magellan (formerly Mazars & Associés) where she developed an expertise in business taxation. In August 2002, Karine joined Safran as tax expert for Messier-Services1 and Messier-Dowty1. In 2004, she became Tax Director of Snecma2 and its subsidiaries, and managed, since 2012, the tax department of the Propulsion pole. In April 2015, she joined the headquarters to become the Group Tax Director.

With a legal background, Karine Stamens, 46, is graduated with a “Business Law and Fiscal DESS” from Paris I – La Sorbonne (1999) and with a “Certificat d’Aptitude à la Profession d’Avocat” from EFB Paris (1999). She is also certified from the 16th promotion of the “Cycle des hautes études pour le développement économique” (CHEDE – 2019).