Italian carmaker Ferrari names microchip expert as CEO
The Hindu
Benedetto Vigna’s appointment fills a six-month vacancy at the helm of the luxury carmaker after former Chief Executive Louis Camilleri retired in December.
Ferrari has turned to technology industry leader Benedetto Vigna to navigate the luxury sports car maker known for its roaring, high-octane engines through a new era of silent, electric power trains. Vigna, a 52-year-old Italian national, currently runs the biggest division of chip maker ST Microelectronics (ST),where he has worked since 1995 and helped pioneer screen technology used in early Apple iPhones. His appointment fills a six-month vacancy at the helm of the luxury carmaker after former Chief Executive Louis Camilleri retired nearly two and a half years into the job in December citing personal reasons.The tribunal set up under the Maintenance and Welfare of Parents and Senior Citizens (MWPSC) Act, 2007, will not get jurisdiction to annul the gift deed if the deed does not contain the condition that the transferee should provide basic amenities and physical needs to the transferor parent/senior citizen of the property, the High Court of Karnataka has said.
Despite a few anxious moments when he was trailing during the counting of votes, BJP’s P.C. Mohan has been elected as Member of Parliament for the fourth term from the Bengaluru Central constituency. He defeated Congress candidate Mansoor Ali Khan by a margin of 32,707 votes. In an interview with The Hindu, Mr. Mohan shared his vision and ideas to develop Bengaluru as a global city, and spoke about lake development and speedy completion of ongoing projects such as suburban rail among his top priorities.