Karine Stamens

About Karine Stamens

Karine Stamens holds a key governance role at Safran, where she serves as Group Corporate Secretary and Chair of the Compliance, Ethics and Anti-fraud Committee. Her career path reflects a steady rise through the company, built on deep expertise in tax law, corporate governance, and regulatory matters. Before joining Safran, she began her professional career as a tax lawyer at J.D.P. Société d’Avocats, part of the Andersen Legal group at the time, and later at Magellan, formerly Mazars & Associés. Those early roles helped her build a strong foundation in corporate taxation and legal advisory work. She joined Safran in August 2002 as a tax specialist for Messier Services and Messier Dowty, businesses now integrated into Safran Landing Systems. In 2004, she was appointed Tax Director for Snecma and all of its subsidiaries, and in 2012 she took responsibility for the tax function of the Propulsion division within the Group Tax Department. This operational experience gave her a detailed understanding of the fiscal, legal, and organizational challenges faced by a large international industrial group. In April 2015, she became Group Tax Director at Safran’s headquarters, a role she held until taking on a broader governance mandate. In January 2022, Karine Stamens was promoted to Safran’s Corporate Secretary and joined the Executive Committee. In that position, she contributes to major governance priorities, including compliance, ethics, anti-fraud oversight, and the coordination of key corporate bodies. Her appointment reflected Safran’s preference for promoting an internal leader with long-standing knowledge of the group, its businesses, and its regulatory environment. Trained in law, with a postgraduate degree in Business Law and Taxation from Paris I – Sorbonne and the French bar qualification (CAPA), she represents a leadership profile combining technical rigor, institutional discipline, and long-term commitment to one of the world’s leading aerospace and defense companies.