Leonardo appointed Thomas D. Smitham as chief of its U.S. business development organizational unit, with the aim of accelerating the company's growth of business in the U.S. market.

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The unit will support business development activities in the U.S. for Leonardo by further strengthening the level of dialogue with institutional stakeholders and supporting the implementation of U.S. commercial campaigns.

Smitham, until recently the acting ambassador at the U.S. Embassy to Italy, served in the U.S. diplomatic service in senior positions in Washington and abroad. He focused on economic and political affairs in his various assignments in Europe and the Western Hemisphere, including in Brussels; London; Mexico City; and Lima, Peru.