Vincent Caro, 43, is a graduate of France’s ESTACA engineering school and holds a Master’s degree from ESSEC business school and an Executive MBA from HEC. He began his career as an organizational consultant before joining Labinal (Safran) in 1996 where he occupied various purchasing functions within the automotive field. He was appointed Vice President, Purchasing of Labinal in 2001, then General Manager of the Matis Aerospace joint-venture (Boeing-Labinal-Royal Air Maroc) in 2005 before joining Snecma (Safran) as Vice President, Purchasing in 2008