I have always obeyed the state, not the parties. And once, on the Genoa Bridge, I saved both of them: with these words Giuseppe Bono summarized his 20 years at the helm of Fincantieri in an interview with L’Espresso exit a few hours after the formalization of the appointment of Pierroberto Folgiero as the new CEO of the group. Bono defended his choices, including that of selling the Fremm frigates to the Egyptian regime of Al-Sisi: I thought I had to “face” compliments rather than criticisms, with that operation, which brought us more revenues, Fincantieri reopened a channel direct with a country functional to the geopolitical needs of Italy. An outlet was needed after we became irrelevant in Libya. Today we urgently need gas and also thanks to us we can buy it from the Egyptians.
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The extreme attempt to stay in the saddle
Bono tried to stay in the saddle to the end, thanks also to his ties with the Quirinale and with various political sides, but Cassa Depositi e Prestiti preferred to open a new chapter in the history of Fincantieri. Until a few hours after the announcement of the new Board of Directors, Bono claimed the chair of president with heavy powers, confident of the positive results obtained with the latest budget. For after 20 years, was the reasoning of Cdp and Palazzo Chigi, “it becomes natural to think of a replacement”. Each State pursues its own interests, the 78-year-old Calabrian manager then stressed, who in May will therefore conclude his fifth and last term in Fincantieri, I closed the agreement with Al Sisi with the full support of the second government of Giuseppe Conte. In the evening the parties authorized me to negotiate, the next day they made proclamations about Regeni. Then, he recalled the group’s commitment to the new Genoa bridge, one of the few works completed on schedule.
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The succession
Graduated in Economics and Commerce, Bono began his career in the Fiat-Finmeccanica group. After being appointed CEO of Aviofer, from 1991 to 1993 he was general manager of Efim. But in 1997 he became general manager of Finmeccanica and in 2000 CEO. An entire career in public companies, therefore, but now Bono has to hand over the scepter to Folgiero, since 2013 CEO and CEO of Maire Tecnimont, a world-leading industrial group in the transformation of natural resources. To succeed as president Giampiero Massolo, designated by Edizione Holding for the same role in Atlantia, will be General Claudio Graziano, current Head of Cabinet of the EU High Representative for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy, Josep Borrell.
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