Sabine Klauke
(50) is working on humanity's dream: green flying.
As Chief Technology Officer at Airbus, she drives key innovations that will quickly make aviation cleaner.
And this is happening at a rapid pace, as aviation is facing stricter emissions regulations.
The industry wants to be climate-neutral by 2050, but Airbus' current series are not equipped for this.
Under Klauke's leadership, interdisciplinary development teams at the Airbus headquarters in Toulouse are experimenting with lighter materials, formation flights and, above all, with an alternative fuel that is currently causing euphoria in all industries: hydrogen.
In her role as the central future-maker at Airbus, manager magazin, together with Boston Consulting, honored Sabine Klauke: She is the face of the initiative “The 100 most influential women in German business 2023”, the so-called “Prima inter Pares”, and alongside the former Thyssenkrupp -CEO
Martina Merz
(61) is only the second female engineer to receive this award.
In an interview with mm author Eva Buchhorn, the top manager reports on her future projects and explains which steps in her career were particularly important.
Together with Simone Salden, deputy editor-in-chief at manager magazin, the mm author analyzes in the podcast what other women can learn from Sabine Klauke.
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