EXECUTIVE WATCH
BRUNO SPAGNOLINI MECAER AVIATION GROUP CEO
FLIGHT OF THE PHOENIX By Rick Weatherford
One pictures the CEO of a large international aviation corporation sitting at the conference table in a mahogany boardroom, not at the wheel of a volunteer ambulance racing to give someone in Italy a second chance. After hearing his story, it’s not too surprising to find Mecaer Aviation Group CEO Bruno Spagnolini driving that ambulance. He often speaks in rich Italian tones about the importance of serving one’s community. And the former CEO of AgustaWestland knows firsthand that one does not have to be in the back of an ambulance to appreciate a second chance. Mecaer Aviation Group both took and gave a second chance to Spagnolini.
16 Mar/Apr 2019
The result: the company and CEO seem to be on a honeymoon flight.
“Executive Watch” is more painted portrait than stark, grainy black-and-white negative. Realistic portraits incorporate shadows when the subject calls for it. Spagnolini, an art enthusiast, seemed to sense his portrait would need some subdued tones as within the first minute on the record he brought up “the India scandal.” It’s understandable that he would; he’s lived in the shadows of indictments, trials, and appeals for over five years. It’s also understandable that our first brushstrokes on the canvas would lay down darker hues, as the 2013 AgustaWestland
scandal with the government of India was big business and Indian political news — and it gave Mecaer Aviation its opportunity to hire a top-tier aviation CEO.
Darker colors enhance brighter brushstrokes, for the lighter pigments appear to shine all the more against a somber background. That is, if the darker hue doesn’t dominate the canvas. Spagnolini’s career — and life — are not defined by darkness. Many years have been brilliant.
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