MONTREAL, Nov. 8, 2022
/PRNewswire/ - (NYSE: CAE) (TSX: CAE) Marc Parent, CAE's
President and Chief Executive Officer, has been granted Aviation
Week's Philip J. Klass Award for
Lifetime Achievement, recognizing extraordinary achievement in the
global aerospace arena. The Aviation Week Network Annual Laureate
Awards ceremony took place on November
3, in Washington, DC.
"It is a tremendous honour for me to receive the Philip J. Klass Award for Lifetime Achievement,"
said Mr. Parent. "I have been flying since I was 17, and safety has
been a driving force as I pursued my passion for aviation both in
my personal and professional life. In a career spanning nearly four
decades, my proudest accomplishment has been rallying a team of
13,000 people at CAE around a noble mission – making the world a
safer place," he added.
Mr. Parent has more than 35 years of experience in the aerospace
industry. Since joining CAE in 2005, he has led CAE's growth
beyond creating simulation products to providing solutions,
services and technologies that enhance human performance. Under his
leadership, CAE has become the largest provider of civil aviation
training services in the world, and a global leader in training and
mission support solutions for defence and security forces and the
healthcare sector, with the ultimate objective of preparing people
for the moments that matter.
Committed to building technology to accelerate the development
and safe adoption of world-changing innovations, Mr. Parent led CAE
to become the first Canadian aerospace company to achieve
carbo-neutrality in 2020.
Looking toward the future, Mr. Parent is leading CAE towards
world-changing innovations that will make the future of the
aerospace industry even more efficient, greener, and safer than
ever before.
Over the years, Mr. Parent has been honoured with numerous
awards, including the Order of Canada, Industry Leader of the Year from the
Living Legends of Aviation, induction into Quebec's Air and Space Hall of Fame and
Canada's Aviation Hall of Fame,
and being named a Knight of the Ordre national du Québec.
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About CAE
At CAE, we equip people in critical roles with the expertise and
solutions to create a safer world. As a technology company, we
digitalize the physical world, deploying simulation training and
critical operations support solutions. Above all else, we empower
pilots, airlines, defence and security forces, and healthcare
practitioners to perform at their best every day and when the
stakes are the highest. Around the globe, we're everywhere
customers need us to be with more than 13,000 employees in more
than 200 sites and training locations in over 40 countries. CAE
represents 75 years of industry firsts—the highest-fidelity flight
and mission simulators, surgical manikins, and personalized
training programs powered by artificial intelligence. We're
investing our time and resources into building the next generation
of cutting-edge, digitally immersive training and critical
operations solutions while keeping positive environmental,
social and governance (ESG) impact at the core of our mission.
Today and tomorrow, we'll make sure our customers are ready for the
moments that matter.
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