Giuseppe Orsi

Giuseppe Orsi
Born (1945-11-24) 24 November 1945 (age 78)
Piacenza, Italy
OccupationFormer Finmeccanica CEO
Websitewww.leonardocompany.com

Giuseppe Orsi (born 24 November 1945 in Piacenza) is an Italian engineer, businessman, and corporate executive. He had a long career at Finmeccanica, Italy's leading high-technology group, and in November 2011 was appointed its chief executive officer[1] and chairman.[2]

Orsi was arrested by Italian police in February 2013 on bribery allegations in the Indian Chopper deal scandal, and was released after three months. However, on 9 October 2014, at the end of the proceedings of the first instance, he was fully acquitted (the fact did not occur) of international corruption and bribery allegations in the helicopter case, and was sentenced to two years in prison (sentence was suspended) for false invoicing.[3] Orsi's lawyer, Giuseppe Amodio, appealed against this punishment and affirmed, “With regard to the two-year sentence for false invoicing, a part of those invoices was linked to non-existent transactions. We are confident that this judgement will be reversed on appeal.” [4] However, in April 2016 an Italian appeals court sentenced Giuseppe Orsi to four and a half years in prison for corruption and falsifying invoices, overturning the previous lower court ruling. Orsi remains free pending an appeal to Italy's Supreme Court.

  1. ^ [1] Archived 20 December 2011 at the Wayback Machine Finmeccanica Management - Finmeccanica Press & Media
  2. ^ [2] Board of Directors of Finmeccanica announces Giuseppe Orsi as Chairman and CEO - Rotorpad
  3. ^ Sylvers, Eric. "Ex-Finmeccanica Chief Cleared of Corruption Charge". Wall Street Journal. ISSN 0099-9660. Retrieved 20 October 2015.
  4. ^ "Former AgustaWestland Head Cleared of Corruption Charge, Sentenced for False Bookkeeping". Defense News. Retrieved 20 October 2015.[dead link]