Leonardo: Thomas D. Smitham appointed Chief of Leonardo's Business Development US Organizational Unit

Rome, 16 September 2022

Thomas D. Smitham has been appointed as Chief of Leonardo's US Business Development Organizational Unit, with the aim of accelerating the Company's growth of business in the US market.

The unit will support the Business Development activities in the US for Leonardo, by further strengthening the level of dialogue with institutional stakeholders and supporting the implementation of US commercial campaigns.

Thomas D Smitham, until recently the Acting Ambassador at the US Embassy to Italy, served in the US diplomatic service in senior positions in Washington and abroad. He focused on economic and political affairs in his various assignments in Europe and the Western Hemisphere, including in Brussels, London, Mexico City, and Lima, Peru.

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