title: Gustav Humbert
text: # Gustav Humbert
  
  Gustav Humbert (born February 1950 in Celle, West Germany) is the former chief executive officer and president of Airbus SAS, and a former member of the EADS executive committee.
  
  ## Airbus
  
  Humbert joined Airbus management in July 2000, as the chief operating officer and a member of the EADS' (Airbus' parent company) executive committee, and in March 2004 he was appointed Airbus' executive vice-president – programmes.
  
  In June 2005 he was appointed Airbus president and chief executive officer, a position he held until 2 July 2006, when he resigned from these various positions as a result of further delays on the Airbus A380 production line and other delivery program setbacks, announced the previous month, on 14 June.
  
  ### Resignation
  
  While announcing his resignation, Humbert said the delays were a "major disappointment" for Airbus, and "as President and CEO of Airbus, must take responsibility for this setback and ... offer my resignation to our shareholders."
  
  ## Personal
  
  Humbert holds a degree in mechanical engineering from the Hannover Technical University as well as a PhD in engineering from the Leibniz University Hannover , and was even a visiting professor of mechanical engineering at McGill University in Montreal in 1979.
  
  