Giuseppe Orsi
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24 November 1945 Plasencia, Italy |
| Occupation | Former Finmeccanica CEO |
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Giuseppe Orsi (born 24 November 1945 in Piacenza) is an Italian engineer, businessman, and corporate executive. He had a long career at Finmeccanica, Italy's leading high-technology group, and in November 2011 was appointed its Chief Executive Officer and Chairman.
Orsi was arrested by Italian police in February 2013 on bribery allegations in the Indian Chopper deal scandal, and was released after three months. However on 9 October 2014, at the end of the proceedings of first instance, he was fully acquitted ("the fact did not occur") of international corruption and bribery allegations in the helicopter case, and was sentenced to two years in prison (sentence has been suspended) for false invoicing. Orsi's lawyer, Giuseppe Amodio, has appealed against this punishment and affirmed that “with regard to the two-year sentence for false invoicing, a part of those invoices is linked to non-existent transactions. We are confident that this judgment will be reversed on appeal.” However, in April 2016 an Italian appeals court sentenced Giuseppe Orsi to four and a half years in prison for corruption and falsifying invoices, overturning the previous lower court ruling. Orsi remains free pending an appeal to Italy's Supreme Court.
Giuseppe Orsi is a graduate of Politecnico di Milano, from which he received a Doctorate in Aeronautical Engineering. Following University he attended the Wharton School, at the University of Pennsylvania where he specialized in Finance and Management.
He also served as an officer in the Italian Air Force and is a qualified civil pilot.
Giuseppe Orsi began his career in 1973 at Siai Marchetti, (subsequently incorporated into Agusta) where he was Product Support Director.
Following the reorganisation of the Agusta companies into a centralised management structure in 1984, he was promoted to the Marketing & Strategies Directorate where he managed Agusta's international network of sales and representative offices. Three years later he was appointed Sales Director of Agusta's Aircraft Division with responsibility for worldwide market development, strategy and negotiation.
In June 1989 he was elected President and Chief Executive Officer of Agusta Aerospace Corporation (AgustaWestland's North American production plant in Philadelphia) and in January 1994 he joined the reorganised Agusta International Sales Department as Senior Vice President, Government Sales and Programs. In 1997, as Deputy General Manager of Agusta, he managed the company's presence in the international market and negotiated a joint venture with Bell Helicopters involving Tiltrotor and AB139 helicopters, saying that "Consolidating ownership of the AB139 will provide a single face to the customer, leading to increased sales and greater customer satisfaction related to follow-on support services."
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