1. HENRI PIERRE GAYOUT RESUME
65 years old
Retired from SAFRAN
Chairman of Bluefield France Release from January 2015
& Bluefield Aerospace Canada
hpgayout@gmail.com
+336 71 58 31 45
My career has been mainly in the Aerospace Industry.
I have been involved in: Sales then Purchasing but mainly in sourcing and industrial
assessments, Supply Chain concept and implementation through several low cost
countries: Poland, Taiwan, China main land, Vietnam, Singapore & Malaysia, India,
Morocco, Mexico.
1972: Messier Bugatti,
Key account manager for a Major player: Boeing, who gave the 747 landing gear.
1978: I am involved in the launching of the purchasing direction. I become Chief of
Purchasing for machining components, Bearings & Fastenings.
1988/89: Awarded with an MBA at ESSEC Paris, graduate in Marketing and Sales.
1989/90: Create my own company, HPM,
A sales office representative for UK Aerospace and US companies for Castings: Hitchcock
and Forged parts: Firth Rixon and fastening for Monogram fastener & Eurep.
1992: Return to Messier Bugatti as Offset mgr and head of back office for Risk Sharing
Partners.
1993/96: Messier Dowty UK:
Head of Purchasing in Gloucester, I start to launch sourcing in Asia. Mainly, Korea &
China. Opening of several supplier accounts in China and Korea, then Taiwan and
Vietnam for 650 M$ of turn over. I awarded NMB Japan to compete against SKF/ Sarma
and Khar bearings USA.
1997: Messier Dowty Canada:
Purchasing Director in Messier Dowty Ajax, in charge of European RSC partners on
Global express program.
We also enhance the sourcing development in Asia and launch a first JV in Singapore for
Hydraulic Actuation business.
Opening of a first Messier Dowty plant in Suzhou China,
1999/2005: Snecma:
Head of Global sourcing for engine parts. Turn over of 2 billion$ covering; Raw Material,
Machining, casting, fastening and sheet metal components. Plus ,un direct purchases.
Opening of several supplier accounts with appraisal and quality improvement. Mainly in
Far East Asia, India, China mainland, Singapore, Taiwan, Vietnam, Malaysia…

2. 2005/ 2009 Safran:
I have been named: Head of Global sourcing and secretary of Safran Sourcing Council.
Mission statements:
Coordinate all sourcing actions with the affiliates network and create a common supply
chain in several countries.
Implementing a Safran Supplier network at group level .
Create a whole supply chain concept with the highest local value added.
Concept has been launched in Taiwan, China, then, Tunisia & Morocco.
The most advanced has been successfully done in Morocco where some Key OEM
players are currently doing same, Like Bombardier and Airbus that are using Safran’s
best practice.
Before my retirement, Mexico has been the latest country where I started to implement
same concept of a whole supply chain to increase local value content and reduce logistic
issues.
Since 2010; As retired from Safran, I have my own consulting cy in France: Bluefield SAS.
I worked for 3 years as senior advisor for an event company, which creates all over the
world B to B events: BCI Aerospace.
In addition with:
In regards with my personal backgrounds, Safran asked me to continue developing the
Mexico SC as senior advisor.
Mexico represents the main low cost entry on the NAFTA market, it quickly appears to
me, it was mandatory for Safran being one of the key partners for such development but
not the sole key actor.
So, in 2010, under my proposal, we launched, The Mexico Sourcing Council with several
key OEM which are:
Bombardier, Bell Textron, Rockwelcollins, Honeywell, Eaton and Safran.
The goal was to identify and merge the needs from our club members for each main
commodity to increase the business volume.
Then, inviting foreign key players in their core Aerospace business opening a plant or
looking for a partnership in Mexico to follow their main key customers.
After 3 years of sales campaign and promotion with Promexico support and Ministry of
Finance, Seeds are starting to grow.
My personal knowledge of several key players in the OEM Aerospace industry, EADS,
Bombardier, Eaton, Honeywell, Zodiac, Safran….
and my existing network with Tier 2 level in Europe and Canada are helping me to
identify the potential key suppliers.

3. 2011: Opening of my own company in Canada: Bluefield Aerospace Canada,
Today, I belong to several strategic councils of Canadian companies and often work with
Ken Laver former President of Messier Dowty Bugatti.
Either, I have been Board director from 2source Canada,
Other mission statements are:
1. In charge to make pre-assessment & M&A on behalf of several key Canadian
aerospace players who want to invest in Europe,
2. Lobbying support towards some Key players in Europe like: Airbus group, Safran.
Graduate:
Mechanical engineer 1967
MBA ESSEC Paris 1988/89
The Meads School, Southampton 1978 (business practice)
ECP 1977 Sales and marketing for international business,
Coaching for executive management, 2002.
H.P Gayout
January 2015