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Giovanni Soccodato appointed Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development and Managing Director MBDA Italia

01/06/2023

Giovanni Soccodato has become MBDA Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development and Managing Director of MBDA Italy from today, […]

Giovanni Soccodato has become MBDA Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development and Managing Director of MBDA Italy from today, 1 June. Reporting directly to MBDA Chief Executive Officer Eric Béranger, he also becomes a member of the Executive Committee of MBDA. Giovanni Soccodato succeeds Lorenzo Mariani, who has become Co-General Manager of Leonardo with the responsibility for the newly established General Business & Operations Department. Mariani will also represent Leonardo on the MBDA Group Board, and will become Chairman of the Board of Directors of MBDA Italy. As Executive Group Director Sales & Business Development, Soccodato will lead an integrated multinational team responsible for generating the order intake to sustain the long-term performance of MBDA, the understanding of customers’ operational needs, and the development of the most effective solutions to meet current and future operational requirements. As Managing Director of MBDA Italia, Soccodato will be the legal representative of the company in Italy; in this role he will lead relations with the Italian customer and industrial community. As responsible of the company operations in Italy, he will ensure business continuity, competitiveness and coherence of company policies from a national perspective. Eric Béranger, CEO of MBDA said: “I am delighted[...]

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