Simone Bemporad

Simone Bemporad is Chief Executive Officer of Finmeccanica North America, Inc., a subsidiary of Finmeccanica SpA, the ninth largest aerospace and defense company in the world. He is responsible for the coordination of Finmeccanica’s operating companies in the U.S. and for overseeing the expansion of the group’s presence in the U.S. aerospace, defense, energy, homeland security and transportation markets.
Mr. Bemporad has played a leading role in the expansion of Finmeccanica in North America through the acquisition of DRS Technologies in 2008. At $5.2 billion, it is the largest acquisition of a U.S. defense contractor by a continental European company.
Additionally, Mr. Bemporad serves as President of Meccanica Holdings, the sole shareholder of DRS Technologies as a Finmeccanica company He is also a member of the Boards of Directors for DRS Technologies and Oto Melara North America, Inc. - the U.S. subsidiary of Finmeccanica’s unit for naval and land weapon systems, Oto Melara SpA.
Before becoming CEO of Finmeccanica North America in October 2007, Mr. Bemporad served as Senior Vice President of International Affairs for Finmeccanica SpA, where he supported corporate strategy, particularly for North America and Europe. From 2003 to 2007, Mr. Bemporad also served as Deputy Head of Institutional Relations and Communications.
From 2004 to 2007, Mr. Bemporad served as a Member of the Board of Directors for Ansaldo Energia SpA. Between 2004 and 2006, he served as a member of the International Affairs Working Group of Confindustria, the leading organization representing manufacturing and service companies in Italy.
Prior to joining the Finmeccanica group, Mr. Bemporad served as Chief of Staff for the Chairman of ENEL SpA, Italy’s leading power supplier. He also served as Communications Director and Chief of Staff for the Chairman and CEO of the Istituto per la Ricostruzione Industriale, SpA (Institute for Industrial Reconstruction SpA (IRI)).
In his position within IRI, Mr. Bemporad participated in developing and implementing the communications plan for IRI’s privatization plan, as well as coordinating The Final Report of the Italian Minister of the Treasury for Italy’s privatization program, the largest conducted in the world during the 1990’s.
From 1995 to 1996, Mr. Bemporad served as spokesperson for the Italian Industry and Foreign Trade Ministry. Mr. Bemporad began his career in 1991 as a journalist with the newswire AGI - Agenzia Giornalistica Italia, covering economics and finance.
Mr. Bemporad is co-author of “Tanto Paga Pantalone La Storia del Caso EFIM” and was editor of “ENEL 1996-2002 Dal Monopolio al Mercato.”

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