CEO Profumo with an article with Il Sole 24 Ore: a skills pact to relaunch the country

Young talent in which the country has invested first, difficult to find, attract and, above all, retain. Of fundamental importance is the creation and maintenance of an increasingly open innovation ecosystem in which companies, universities and research centres share projects and research programmes. A model that Leonardo is following with various initiatives, such as the Leonardo Labs, the Aerotech Academy, and the Business Innovation Factory. And to facilitate the process of planning requirements in the medium term, Leonardo has introduced predictive artificial intelligence tools capable of guiding the training and recruitment path of new professional figures.

"In 2021, Leonardo has hired 3,753 people, 54% with STEM-based degrees," writes Profumo. "These are professionals linked to emerging and disruptive technologies: engineering for electrification and hybrid propulsion, experts in cloud architectures and supercomputing, specialists in data science and artificial intelligence. In many cases they are young people under 30. With these people, we aim to preside over strategic areas of competence for the company and the country and to design the technologies of the next decade. For Leonardo and others, they represent the most valuable long-term investment.