Imperial College: Distinguished Guest Lecture Series

10 May 2010, 18:15-19:15 – Imperial College, London

'Talent, technology and growth: Finmeccanica’s regeneration strategy' by Dr Pier Francesco Guarguaglini, Chair and CEO, Finmeccanica

Maintaining a strong European defence aerospace industry is crucial to supporting high quality engineering jobs. Size matters – if you don’t make that fighting weight, you won’t be able to compete, and engineer-led Finmeccanica has grown into a 73,000 employee, €18bn turnover contender.
 
Key to Finmeccanica’s success has been strategic agility: sSeizing strategic acquisition targets as the opportunities arise; developing new technologies and product that enhance the competitiveness; building a strong human capital base by investing in skills and competencies; and entering alliances with global players, e.g. Boeing with the 787, and Thales with the Space Alliance.

Finmeccanica’s strategic agility can also be seen with its role as a systems integrator – to orchestrate suppliers’ network across industrial sectors – and as prime contractor – to operate service-intensive activities to meet evolving customer needs.