EOS Appoints Nicolas Chamussy as Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy

Electro Optic Systems (EOS) has appointed Nicolas Chamussy as Executive Vice President (EVP), Corporate Strategy. He joined EOS in September, reports directly to Chief Executive Officer Dr Andreas Schwer and will initially be based in Europe.

In this role, Nicolas is responsible for shaping and driving EOS' corporate and marketing strategy, global growth agenda and market expansion priorities. He also leads commercial value creation initiatives, business development, customer insight and experience, and EOS' business and market intelligence capability.

Dr Andreas Schwer, Chief Executive Officer of EOS, said: “Nicolas has a proven record of scaling defence businesses to meet the demand Europe is now seeing. His leadership across strategy, industrial operations and government relations will be invaluable as EOS grows in Europe and globally, and turns that momentum into long-term value for our customers and shareholders.”

Nicolas is a senior defence and aerospace executive with more than 30 years of experience leading large, complex organisations across government, Airbus and KNDS, managing multi-billion-euro businesses and workforces of up to 5,000 employees. As CEO of KNDS France, he transformed and rapidly expanded operations to meet increased global defence demand, delivering significant revenue growth, improved profitability, major production increases and sustained workforce expansion.

The appointment supports EOS' growth across the group, with a particular focus on Europe. EOS acquired counter-drone specialist MARSS earlier this year, adding AI-enabled command and control and a European hub in Nice. In the Netherlands, EOS is delivering a 100 kW high-energy laser weapon under a €71.4 million contract with the Dutch Ministry of Defence, and in September signed a letter of intent with the Ministry to take the system into operational service and explore production in the Netherlands.

Nicolas Chamussy, Executive Vice President, Corporate Strategy, EOS, said: “EOS has technology that is proven in the field and a clear opportunity to grow as Europe invests in its defence. I am delighted to join the team and look forward to working with Andreas, our customers and our partners to build on that momentum.”