GE Aerospace on May 21 announced Patrick de Castelbajac will join the company as chief strategy officer, a newly created role, effective June 24. De Castelbajac will lead GE Aerospace's enterprise strategic planning to support long-term growth. He worked at Airbus for a pair of three-year stints, including two years, ending in June 2019, as executive vice president of strategic and international, and a year, ending in June 2020, as president of Airbus Asia Pacific.

At Airbus, de Castelbajac led the launch of the company's zero-emission/hydrogen initiative, according to the release. From January 2022 until his hiring at GE Aerospace, he served as an adviser and board member at Hydrogene Aerospace, a firm exploring hydrogen-powered aircraft propulsion.