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Impulse
Bruno Sainjon has been the Chairman and CEO of ONERA since May 30th, 2014.
In December 2015, he was elected Chairman of EREA, the Association of European Research Establishments in Aeronautics, for 2016-2017.
In April 2020, he has been elected Chairman of ESRE, the European Space Research Establishments. In November 2021 and October 2023, respectively elected Vice-Chairman and Chairman of IFAR, the International Forum for Aviation Research.
Before joining ONERA, Bruno Sainjon held several positions within DGA, beginning by Missiles and Space, as a technical expert and then in charge of Missile Space and Nuclear programmes.
From 1996 to 1997, he was Director in the Prime Minister Services for the preparation of the Football World Cup in France.
He then became Councillor for Economical, Financial and Budget Affairs of the Minister of Defence.
In 2000, he joined SNPE as Director for Strategy and Development for Energetics Materials. Then, he was elected Chairman and CEO of CELERG and CELERG International.
In 2003, he became Deputy Director for Technologies and Sensitive Transfers at Secretariat General de la Defense Nationale (SGDN, under Prime Minister authority).
Back to DGA in 2005, he occupied several high responsibilities functions and became Directeur des Systèmes d’Armes (Armament Systems Director) in January 2009, then Director of Operations in DGA in charge of all armament programmes (ships, land vehicles, aircraft, satellites …) from end 2009 to
mid-2014.
In recognition for his services to the nation, Bruno Sainjon was awarded two of the most prestigious French national distinctions, namely the “Legion d’honneur” and “Ordre national du mérite”, with the rank of commander in both orders.