The EADS board of directors has appointed Rudiger Grube (member of the management board of DaimlerChrysler AG) to join Arnaud Lagardere as chairman of the board of directors.

Grube has been a member of the EADS board of directors since 2004 and is succeeding Manfred Bischoff with immediate effect. Bischoff resigned after he was named chairman of the supervisory board of DaimlerChrysler AG.