Luigi Pasquali

Luigi Pasquali

Chief Executive Officer

Luigi Pasquali has been CEO of Telespazio since February 2013.

Actually he is also Chairman of the Board of Directors of Thales Alenia Space Italia; member of the Board of Directors of AVIO; member of the Board of CEOs of ESOA (European Satellite Operator Association) and Vice President of EUROSPACE Council (Space Group in ASD-AeroSpace and Defence Industries Association of Europe).

He graduated in Electronic Engineering at La Sapienza University of Rome in 1982, subsequently he attended the Financial Management course of SDA Bocconi, he served in the Italian National Army as Officer of the Army Technical Corps, in charge of Defence telecommunications system tests.

In 1984 he was recruited by Selenia as System Engineer for air traffic control systems and networks, following international projects in Europe, Australia and the USA. Among these, of particular importance was the renovation and expansion of the air traffic control network in Germany.

In 1995 he joined Stet/Telecom Italia in the international strategies and development area, where he followed international development projects, particularly in Latin America, and strategic planning projects in the telecommunications services sector.

During this period, he was also active in projects regarding strategic alliances with major international telecommunications carriers (AT&T, DT).

In 2000 he was appointed Director of Business Development at Atlanet, a services company of Telefónica of Spain, specialising in value added services to business customers. In 2002 he became Director of the Telecommunications Division of Alenia Spazio (now Thales Alenia Space Italia), with responsibilities for development, marketing and management of telecommunications satellite systems programmes for Defence and Security, for Commercial uses and for broadband development.

In 2005 he took on the position of Chief Operating Officer of Telespazio. In 2008 he was appointed Chairman and CEO of Thales Alenia Space Italia and joined Thales Alenia Space as Deputy CEO.

He was, until June 2023, Leonardo's Space Activities Coordinator, member of the Supervisory Board of Thales Alenia Space and member of the Board of AIAD (Association of Industries for Aerospace, System and Defence in Italy) until June 2023.