Managing Director, Cyber & Security Solutions Division, Leonardo, Italy
Andrea Campora was appointed Managing Director of Leonardo’s Cyber & Security Solutions Division on September 1, 2023, with the goal of driving its growth and accelerating its development to position the company as a key European player in trusted cybersecurity and AI-driven data valorization for defense, space, and strategic organizations.
Today, the division focuses its investments, expertise, and portfolio on delivering innovative, resilient, and secure-by-design solutions that provide multi-domain strategic and operational information advantage in the new global security landscape.
Campora served at Leonardo for more than 20 years, until 2020, holding executive positions in cybersecurity, ICT, and sales and marketing, and leading the company’s secure digital transformation. Before rejoining Leonardo, Campora held global executive roles at Dematic (KION Group) and Sopra Steria Group.
Campora has also served as Chairperson of the European Cyber Security Organisation (ECSO) since October 2025, having been among its initiators and served as a member of its board from 2016 to 2020. Campora is also Vice President of Confindustria Genova, with responsibility for digital transition, a member of the Board of Directors of Nuclitalia, and a member of the Technical-Scientific Committee of the National Cybersecurity Agency (Agenzia per la Cybersicurezza Nazionale).
Campora holds a degree in physics, specializing in electronics and solid state, from the University of Genoa, and has completed executive leadership programs at Columbia University in New York City and INSEAD in Paris.
