Giovanni De Gennaro (police officer)

Giovanni De Gennaro
Chairman of Leonardo - Finmeccanica
Assumed office
July 4, 2013
Preceded by Giuseppe Orsi
Personal details
Born August 14, 1948
Reggio Calabria

Giovanni De Gennaro (born August 14, 1948 in Reggio Calabria, Italy) is Chairman of the first Italian Defense Group Finmeccanica.[1] (today Leonardo - Finmeccanica[2]) He was Italy's former police chief and Undersecretary to the Italian Prime Minister with responsibility for information services and security. He was appointed former chief of the Italian police department and director of the information services and security department.

Career

De Gennaro graduated in Law at Sapienza University of Rome, and then joined the Italian Police Department. Afterwards he was moved to Rome to join the narcotics unit. During his career he collaborated with Giovanni Falcone, carrying out international investigations against the Mafia. In 1984 he was the lead officer during the extradition issues of the informer Tommaso Buscetta from Brazil.[3]

In 1994 he was appointed as Prefect and on 26 May 2000 as Chief of the Italian Police Department - Director General for Public Security.[4] In 2007 he became Head of Cabinet for the Italian Ministry of Interior, and held the position of Special Commissioner for an emergency crisis related to waste in Campania region.[5]

In June 2008 he became Director General of the Department of Security Information (DIS)[6] and in 2012 he became Undersecretary to the Italian Prime Minister with responsibility for information services and security.[7]

In July 2013 Giovanni De Gennaro was appointed as Chairman of Finmeccanica SpA (today Leonardo - Finmeccanica) by the Board of Directors with duties regarding International Relations, Institutional Relations, External Relations and Communication, Group Security and Internal Audit.[8]

In May 2014 Giovanni De Gennaro has been confirmed as Chairman by Finmeccanica Board of Directors.[9]

Honors

Award Date
Knight of the Grand Cross of the Order of Merit of the Republic June 2, 2000 [10]
Grand Officer of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic December 27, 1994 [11]
Commander of Order of Merit of the Italian Republic February 9, 1993 [12]
FBI's Medal of Meritorious Achievement December 8, 2006 [13]

References

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