Who is Giovanni Sorrentino, new head of Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (Fincantieri and Leonardo)
Here is the CV of Giovanni Sorrentino, appointed CEO of Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (Osn), a company owned by Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%)
Giovanni Sorrentino will lead Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (Osn), thejoint venture between Fincantieri (51%) and Leonardo (49%) .
The naval group of Trieste made this known through a post on social channels. Sorrentino will succeed in the role of CEO of Osn Dario Deste, general director of Fincantieri's Military Ships Division and CEO of the company owned by Fincantieri and Leonardo from May 2022.
“The new appointment represents a sign of continuity in the path of consolidation of the alliance between Fincantieri and Leonardo, which is aimed at strengthening the Italian offer in the field of sea defense” comments Il Sole 24 Ore . For some time the two CEOs of the national defense giants have underlined the importance and need to strengthen cooperation in the pre-existing framework of Orizzonte Sistemi Navali (Osn) which has already given results, for example with the Fremm.
It is therefore no coincidence that Sorrentino himself was program manager of the Fremm project within the Joint Organization for Cooperation in the Armaments Field.
The new CEO of Orizzonte Sistemi Navali boasts a long experience in the Defense sector, where he began his career holding institutional roles (from the Navy to the Ministry of Defence).
Since September 2021 Sorrentino has held the role of chief of staff of the general director of Mbda Italia (invested by Leonardo) and, since last September, he joined Fincantieri as program manager naval strategy.
Finally, the new appointment fits into the context of the renewed industrial agreements between Leonardo and Fincantieri. On 27 October, the Trieste naval group and the aerospace and defense company announced the signing of a Memorandum of Understanding in the diving domain, with the aim of pooling their respective skills and capabilities in the sector.
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THE HEADS OF ORIZZONTE NAVAL SYSTEMS
The Osn board of directors is currently made up of the following directors: Renzo Tosini, Barbara Gaione, Marco De Fazio, Sabrina Sanguineti, Wanda Costa and Dario Deste (to date CEO).
Since April 2020, the board has been chaired by Guido Crosetto, who held the role of president of the board of directors of Orizzonte Sistemi Navali until last autumn: in October 2022, Prime Minister Meloni appointed him Minister of Defense.
From autumn 2022 to May 2023 the Orizzonte Sistemi Navali board of directors remained without a president. On May 2, 2023, the shareholders' meeting appointed the new board of directors together with the president: councilor Barbara Gaione was designated as the new president of the Osn board of directors.
GIOVANNI SORRENTINO'S CV, TAKEN FROM HIS LINKEDIN PROFILE
ORIZZONTE SISTEMI NAVALI SpA
CEO
November 2023 – Present (1 month)
Rome
FINCANTIERI
Program manager naval strategy
September 2023 – Present (3 months)
Rome
MBDA ITALIA SPA
Chief of Staff MD MBDA IT
October 2021 – November 2023 (2 years 2 months)
Rome
Coordination activities of the various company functions with particular reference to issues relating to contractual, financial and interface aspects.
OCCAR (Organisation for Joint Armament Co-operation) Program manager
September 2017 – August 2021 (4 years)
Paris
Program manager of the Italian-French program for the development, production and service support of 18 naval units for the Italian and French Navy
Ministry of Defence
3 years 11 months
Head of the Industrial Policy Department – Cabinet of the Minister September 2015 – August 2017 (2 years)
Definition of support policies for the Defense industry and identification of strategic assets. Development of new lines of financing
Gov – to – Gov – industrial policy agreements
Support for national defense industries. Development of new guidelines on industrial policy. Support to defense industries abroad with particular attention to Gov-to-Gov issues. Definition of the regulation for application of the Golden Power instrument in the Defense sector.
Navy
System Engineer
October 1987 – August 2015 (27 years 11 months)
Activities of a technical-administrative and technical-operational nature with particular attention to logistical issues in the Italian Navy
Training
University of Pisa
Master of Science in Electronic Engineering · (April 1995)
Prince
Advanced program management course (2017 – 2017)
Center for Higher Defense Studies
Master in strategic and international studies · (2015 – 2016)
Naval Academy
Normal Course for Naval Weapons Officer, Telecommunications Engineering (1987 – 1991)
Naval Academy
October 2013 – August 2015 (1 year 11 months)
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/chi-e-giovanni-sorrentino-nuovo-capo-di-orizzonte-sistemi-navali-fincantieri-e-leonardo/ on Wed, 22 Nov 2023 15:27:04 +0000.