Rotortrade, the leading global helicopter distributor, is proud to announce the opening of a new office in Italy and the appointment of Massimo Vilardi as Sales Director. Massimo will be responsible for the Italian market and help develop the UK market.

Massimo, an aerospace engineer and private pilot, has more than 20 years of experience in sales and marketing of helicopters, including over a decade of development of product improvement strategies for Eurocopter (Airbus Helicopters). Prior to that, he was a Technical Engineer at Agusta Westland (Leonardo) and more recently, he focused his professional efforts to the development of strategic partnerships – particularly in the European market.

Aurélien Blanc, Executive VP- Global Sales of Rotortrade commented: “Massimo has a unique mix of technical, operational and customer experience which together will allow us to offer the highest levels of service through RT Italy. In addition to our focus on Italian customers and the development of the UK market, Massimo will have a key role in our continued partnership as sole global pre-owned helicopter distributor with Leonardo Helicopter Division.”