Enav, how Pasqualino Monti navigates between sky and sea
Pasqualino Monti is not only CEO of Enav and president of the Eastern Sicilian Sea and, in the academic field, external member of the board of directors of the University of Palermo, but he is giving suggestions on the reform of the ports and does not skimp on interviews. The letter from Claudio Trezzano
Dear director,
I know I'm becoming your obsession, but this time "I come in peace". Or rather, I come with the proof that you asked me to provide you when I wrote you the last little letter , the one about the acceleration of Pasqualino Monti (new Italian factotum ) in the Reputation Manager's exact science ranking.
I hadn't had time to press 'send' before you were already calling me to ask for clarification. You admit that you jumped on your chair when you read that Monti had accumulated "heavens and mountains" charges, as I replied jokingly. You didn't believe it was possible to be simultaneously president of the Western Sicilian Sea Port System Authority and, since April, also CEO of ENAV , the company that manages air traffic control in Italy. And, not even so subtly, you accused me of not having done the necessary checks.
I replied that online and on social media it is clear that he is still commissioner of the Port Authority of Western Sicily . And we were left with the doubt that the sites were not updated. It happens especially to institutional ones, we know this well. But now I have proof that ours is a man of the air while continuing to be a man of the sea, a role that is ultimately in Pasqualino's DNA, as he told Repubblica ("I, the captain's son, am now changing my face at the ports" ) in February 1922 (evidently he will also have some kinship with Francesco Baracca in his genes, if he has now also ended up at Enav).
Now, I was saying, I can confirm that Pasqualino Monti, when he is not dedicating himself heart and soul to Enav, an immense and stratified company – under public control – which ranges from airspace control, through engineering and maintenance services and research and development in the innovation of control systems (in short, go read the What we do section and you will be amazed, we able-bodied men would probably have difficulty managing a similar body, let alone doing it part time with other roles) continues to be president of the sea of Eastern Sicily . This was confirmed to me by not one but two interviews that appeared today, in La Verità and Avvenire which follow his speech yesterday in Palermo at the "We and the Mediterranean" conference. Because when he isn't following the organizations just listed, he obviously takes part in conferences.
I admit that I'm not so sure that the second is an interview: it could also be a simple resumption of quotes from other agencies or press sources (mysteries of faith, given the newspaper!). In both, however, he continues to defend his old warhorse regarding the sole authority of the ports. Avvenire talks about the “Enav” model.
Among other things, he heartened everyone: "As long as there is a need for the undersigned at the ADSP of the western Sicilian Sea, I am absolutely available." “Because – he added – it is not the individual who governs the processes but a team and I have the sacrosanct duty, until the minister asks me, to govern the conclusion of this process which has seen a small company become an important interlocutor on the market".
Luckily he remains humble: “I don't want any medals – he jokes, but not too much, on the sidelines of the event -: I would be happy not to receive warnings. Because this is the first thought of those who take on responsibility: hoping that no one will think of investigating you. Being accused of corruption can also happen when, in our role as presidents, we convince a private individual to invest in our ports: does this seem normal to you?”.
In fact, Pasqualino Monti is not only CEO of Enav and president of the Eastern Sicilian sea and, in the academic field, external member of the board of directors of the University of Palermo, but he is also a legislator, given his contribution in the upcoming regulatory reorganization of the ports Italians destined to trash the '94 reform and which could lead, as the bishops' newspaper underlines, to the establishment of a single public joint-stock company. And he is probably also applying to lead the next organization in the pipeline. After all, he himself says to the Truth: "One scheme could be that of Enav of which I am CEO, but immersed in the peculiarities of the port system"… And who knows them better, moreover, of both categories?
I'll read you what Secolo XIX , a Genoese newspaper and, as such, an expert on maritime matters, writes on the matter: "What Pasqualino Monti has in mind, and which judging by the consensus obtained from many of the professionals present at the fifth edition of the "We, the Mediterranean" conference cannot be underestimated by the government (represented in the room by deputy minister Edoardo Rixi) it is not a reform: it is a revolution".
Well, director, last time you didn't want to believe that the two positions could be combined not so much due to regulatory obstacles, but because, you told me on the phone, it is impossible to manage one and the other. For us, after all, a 24-hour day is not enough to do our job… Here I show you that he is carrying out both with profit (need I perhaps remind you that for the Sicilians he is the man of miracles?), that he is active even in the reform process and also finds time for us journalists, while remaining transversal, as per its nature, having presences both in La Verità , a newspaper close to the centre-right, and in Avvenire , a newspaper which is certainly not right-wing, let's say. A transversality that is also political, considering that it was wanted at all costs by FdI and yet today it is in full agreement with the Northern League deputy minister of Infrastructure and Transport, Edoardo Rixi on the reform of the ports . Who knows, maybe he can also act as a peacemaker in the very contentious government majority.
Among other things, I also quietly point out this: Monti wants a single, central, in short Roman, port authority. And his project enjoys the support of the League. In short, he also managed to make the Northern League forget about federalism, who applaud him when he says: "Title V of the Constitution must be modified: ports are not regional entities, they are an asset of the country and must be treated as such. We need a central entity to coordinate the national intermodality plan and decide which interventions to finance and approve, avoiding wasting money on useless projects that are often harmful to the country system. And, as we have been arguing for years, the level of bureaucracy that prevents us from being timely and competitive must be eliminated. All implementing powers should be concentrated in this entity."
A man for all roles and seasons, like pizza mari e monti.
Best regards
Claudio Trezzano
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/smartcity/enav-come-naviga-pasqualino-monti-tra-cielo-e-mare/ on Thu, 23 Nov 2023 13:14:18 +0000.