Three years ago in the breakfast room of a Berlin hotel I apprehensively walked up to the new CTO of Airbus to congratulate her, expecting a vaguely disguised expression of annoyance. Instead, you smiled, jumped up, and hugged me.
Since that morning your grace and love for the world have made me aspire to a higher form of leadership.
A wise Airbus leaver once told me, our projects are often like sand castles — meticulously built over years only to be swept away by the next wave. But you leave a lasting legacy and an example of leadership as a condition of the heart.
Go, fly, touch countless more lives with the generosity of your spirit.
– Alisa
