With new board, new ITA Airways is ready for takeoff: Pappalardo chairman, Eberhart new CEO
The ITA Airways Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting met today and appointed the new Board of Directors of the [...]


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The ITA Airways Ordinary Shareholders' Meeting met today and appointed the Company's new Board of Directors, composed of five members, specifically Antonella Ballone, Joerg Eberhart, Lorenza Maggio, Sandro Pappalardo and Efrem Angelo Valeriani, and the new Board of Statutory Auditors, in the persons of Paolo Ciabattoni, Angela Florio and Federico Testa.
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The Assembly indicated. Sandro Pappalardo as Chairman of the Board of Directors and Joerg Eberhart as CEO of ITA Airways.; Angela Florio was appointed Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
"I am proud and honored to have been singled out for this prestigious appointment," said Joerg Eberhart, CEO of ITA Airways. "After more than two years of hard work, this new phase in the Company's history will allow us to strengthen our position and develop strategic synergies that will enhance ITA Airways' growth and solidity as a leading Italian carrier, ready to guarantee the country greater connectivity and passengers a wider choice of destinations, with a renewed vision of development, innovation and sustainability.
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