Profile:
Date and place of birth: 1936, Agira (Province of Enna)
University degree in Electrotechnics
Lauree honoris causa, Universities of Genoa, Malta, Pavia, Catania, Palermo and of Sannio
Honorary Chairman of STMicroelectronics
Member of the Board, ANIE Federation
Previous appointments held:
- President and Chief Executive Officer, STMicroelectronics
- President and Chief Executive Officer of SGS-THOMSON Microelectronics (formed by the merging of SGS and Thomson Semiconductors), which from1998 took the name of STMicroelectronics
- President & Chief Executive Officer of the SGS Group
- Chairman of the European Union’s Technology Platform (ENIAC)
- Member of the Board of Directors, MEDEA
- Member of the United Nations Task Force dedicated to bridging the Digital Divide
- Director General of the International Semiconductor Division of Motorola, in charge of planning, production and marketing for areas outside the USA
- Vice President of the Motorola Corporation and World Director for Marketing Semiconductors
- Director of Marketing Semiconductors of Motorola for Europe