Jean G. Rosanvallon President and Chief Executive Officer
Dassault Falcon Jet

Jean G. Rosanvallon

Jean G. Rosanvallon

Jean Rosanvallon was recently elected to the Board of Trustees of Embry-Riddle Aeronautical University in June 2008.

In 1975, he was recruited by Dassault Aviation to coordinate the Company's Falcon business jet programs between its Paris headquarters and its U.S. subsidiary, then called Falcon Jet Corporation, based in Teterboro, NJ. At that time, Falcon Jet Corporation was a joint venture between Pan-American World Airways and Dassault Aviation.

In 1979, Mr. Rosanvallon came to the United States as Assistant to the President of Falcon Jet Corporation, and was later promoted to Vice President, Finance. In 1984, he returned to Paris as Executive Vice President of Sogitec, another Dassault subsidiary. He retained close ties to the Falcon business, which he rejoined in 1989 as Vice President of Marketing, based in Paris.

Returning to the U.S. in 1994 as Senior Vice President, Sales and Marketing, Mr. Rosanvallon was responsible for consolidating the worldwide sales and marketing of Falcon business jets. Mr. Rosanvallon was named President in November 1996, and also serves on the Company's Board of Directors. In October 2003, he was appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of Dassault Falcon Jet and Executive Vice President, Civil Aircraft of Dassault Aviation. Dassault Falcon Jet Corp. (DFJ) is a wholly owned subsidiary of Dassault Aviation, which builds fighter aircraft (Mirage, Rafale) and business jets. DFJ is responsible for selling and supporting Falcon business jets throughout North America, South America, and the Pacific Rim countries of Asia (including China) and is headquartered on Teterboro Airport (New Jersey). It employs a workforce of more than 2300 professionals. More than 1500 of them are located in Little Rock (Arkansas) where DASSAULT has its worldwide Falcon completion center. Since the rollout of the first Falcon 20 in 1963, over 1500 Falcon jets have been delivered to more than 65 countries worldwide.

The family of Falcon jets currently in production includes three tri-jets — the Falcon 50EX, 900C, 900EX as well as the twin-engine Falcon 2000 and 2000EX and the new tri-jet 7X.

Mr. Rosanvallon is a Chevalier of the French "Légion d'Honneur" and "Ordre National du Mérite". He is a member of numerous French-American and aerospace organizations and foundations. He lives in New York City with his wife, Geneviève and his three children.