About

Responsible for overseeing all compliance programs of Avio Aero’s group of companies, Francesco Bortone brings several years of experience gained in private practice and GE’s various business units. Taking up the role in 2015, Bortone ensures that Avio Aero, a GE Aviation business that provides technological solutions for the aerospace industry, fairly fulfils its obligations to its clients. He has implemented an open reporting system and numerous compliance programs for Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA), the UK Bribery Act and Italian anticorruption Law 231/2001. In charge of a team of mixed professionals, Bortone leads a team of lawyers, audit specialists, economists and engineering experts in aviation’s regulations, policies and procedures. With GE having a reputation as already enjoying a ‘strong culture of integrity and compliance’, Bortone has aligned the compliance function to the business even more closely; creating a compliance specialist in all key functions (supply chain, engineering, sales and commercial, quality, etcetera) and created a compliance resource in each of the company’s four main sites. Asked what strategic impact he’s made within the company, Bortone states that he is able to ‘engage the CEO and his staff by attending all CEO staff meetings on a regular basis’, as well as through his place on the CEO leadership team.