NEW DELHI: Airbus plans to focus on achieving $2 billion in cumulative sourcing from the country by 2020, its new India president Pierre de Bausset has said. Sourcing and engineering are amongst the pillars of Airbus Group India's growth strategy.Bausset, who recently took over as the group's India president, has said, "Synergies, growth, consistency and coherence are the main tenets of my vision for a robust Airbus Group India." "My mandate is to further boost Airbus Group's collaboration with India and embed it durably in the overall Airbus Group's industrial organization," he has said.According to Bausset, a mature Indian aerospace and defence sector is in the group's own interest. "It would open up more opportunities for us to partner with domestic players to fulfil requirements of our local customers as well as jointly target export markets," he believes.Bausset adds, "Airbus Group is well placed to forge a strong industrial bond with India...We have strong affinities to India and a keen will to weave our destinies together."Pierre de Bausset, who is a 25-year veteran of Airbus Group, assumed his current role as President, Airbus Group India on June 1. Prior to this, he was Corporate Secretary of Airbus Group since 2008, where he was the custodian of the group's governance, responsible for managing efficient relations between the top management and the Board of Directors and also looked after audit, security, subsidiaries and CSR.He was involved in preparing and executing the group's governance change in 2012 and 2013 which made it a normal commercial company. Pierre has been the Head of Investor Relations and Financial Communications for the group and prior to that he was with Aerospatiale, first heading a finance subsidiary in the US and later as the Head of Mergers & Acquisitions, precisely when it merged to become EADS.Bausset has complimented the quality of engineering talent in India, saying, "I admire the intelligence and competitive attitude of Indian engineers and Indians in general. There is plenty of potential to make India a hub for engineering and innovation in the Group."Airbus Group has consolidated its divisions in India under Airbus Group India Private Limited. India is the first international market where local operations have been brought under a single company as part of the Group's 'one roof' policy.