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Dr Jens Goennemann
Skills and Experience
Jens has been Managing Director since AMGC’s inception. He brings extensive experience from overseeing large manufacturing operations in Australia and Europe.
Jens served as Managing Director of Airbus Group Australia Pacific and Airbus Helicopters. Before his eight-year appointment to Australia, Jens spent six years in Germany with the former European Aeronautic Defence and Space Company (EADS), today known as Airbus Group.
He was Head of the CEO’s office in Germany, and before that in charge of Soldier and Parafoil Systems within the Defence Division. Previously, Jens spent two years in Athens where he established and managed the Eurofighter Office of DaimlerChrysler Aerospace, one of the three founding partner companies of EADS. He began his career with Daimler-Benz AG in January 1996.
Other directorships and offices
- Chairman of the Board / German Australian Chamber of Industry and Commerce
- Chairman of the Advisory Board / AW Bell
- Former member of the Board / Innovative Manufacturing CRC
- Former member of the Prime Minister’s National COVID-19 Coordination
- Commission Manufacturing Taskforce and Prime Minister’s Industry 4.0 Taskforce