Getting to the heart of leading high stake deals, when selling aircraft!

Leading with care and overcoming challenges with Marie-Frederique Romain.

Marie-Frederique Romain

Head of Sales Pacific, Airbus

Marie-Frederique Romain is one of the youngest female executives in the aviation industry. As the Head of Sales Pacific for Airbus, she has contributed to the sale of over 450 aircraft across Europe, Asia and the Pacific since joining the company in 2011.

Marie-Frederique or MF as she is known affectionately in aviation circles, leads with passion, authenticity, and most importantly, care.

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In this engaging episode, Marie-Frederique opens up about her career journey, revealing how early mentors shaped her leadership style and the advantages she leveraged from her gender and age.

Why authenticity and vulnerability are so important in high stakes deals.

Marie-Frederique Romain is a passionate, talented leader and one of the youngest female executives in the aviation industry. As the Head of Sales for Airbus, she has contributed to the sale of over 450 aircraft across Europe, Asia and the Pacific since joining the company in 2011.

Marie-Frederique (or MF as she is known in aviation circles) leads with passion, authenticity, and most importantly, care.

In this episode, Marie-Frederique discusses how her early mentors shaped her leadership style, the role humility plays when selling aircraft, and the key personality traits she looks for when hiring new talent.

In this podcast, Marie-Frederique Romain and Craig Forman explore:

Who influenced Marie’s early on in her career and the lessons she took from impactful leaders who came before her
How Marie leveraged her gender and age to build her career and why it was a strength
Leadership role and family? Marie unpacks the career issues women face when growing their family
Marie takes us through the process and number of people involved in the selling of an aircraft (more than you might imagine)
Marie shares her thoughts on leadership and why authenticity and vulnerability are so important today
Discover the role humility plays in sales
Marie’s shares her insights on diversity, equity and inclusion
Speaking up when experiencing inappropriate comments in the workplace (and why this is everyone’s responsibility)

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