About

Tinexta Defence is part of the Tinexta Group and holds a majority stake in Defence Tech Holding S.p.A. Società Benefit and the operating companies it controls directly and indirectly.

It operates in the design, implementation, integration and management of innovative technologies serving the Defence, Space and National Security domains.

The protection of our Customers’ critical infrastructures and continuous Research and Innovation are also part of our mission.

Tinexta is an industrial Group offering integrated solutions for the digital transformation and growth of SMEs, large groups and institutions. Listed on the Euronext STAR Milan market with a solid reference institutional shareholder, it is included in the European Tech Leader index as a high-growth tech company.

Founded in Italy and operating in 12 countries across Europe and Latin America with over 3000 employees, Tinexta specialises in the Digital Trust, Cybersecurity and Business Innovationstrategic sectors. Through its Group companies, Tinexta positions itself as a key strategic partner in the digital innovation domain, offering advanced services for digital identity and certification, cybersecurity, national security technologies and business development.

Tinexta Defence operates in three main business areas

The Group’s companies

Defence Tech

Defence Tech Holding S.p.A. Società Benefit is an Italian company operating in three main business areas: Cyber Security & Technology for Intelligence, Communication & Control Systems, and Electronics.

The company is subject to Golden Power regulations as a company owning assets of strategic importance for Defence and National Security.

Operating companies: Donexit, Next, Foramil and Innodesi.

Donexit

Donexit is an operating company specialising in the provision of services and the development of solutions in the Cyber Security realm, with the aim of strengthening governance models and security systems for critical infrastructures. Core services include Cyber Risk Advisory, the Malware & Threat Intelligence Unit and Digital Forensics and Incident Response (DFIR), which allow Donexit to support clients throughout the entire lifecycle of a cyber incident, from prevention to response and recovery.

Products are designed to increase the resilience of organisations against a wide range of cyber threats – such as illegal eavesdropping, malware and ransomware – through the adoption of proprietary deception and secure communications technologies. The Company’s expertise as a reliable system integrator in complex projects, where it provides advanced know-how in the development and integration of state-of-the-art technology solutions, completes its products and services offer.

Next

Next Ingegneria dei Sistemi is a strategic Italian company with consolidated experience in the Defence, Space and National Security sectors. The company specialises in the design, development and integration of complex high-tech systems – from the identification of needs, design and development to integration and operational support services – drawing on the over 20 years of experience of its IT and security specialists.

The company boasts proprietary solutions in Surveillance and Data Intelligence, as well as dedicated and accredited security technology laboratories such as Ce.Va. (the Evaluation Centre is qualified to perform security evaluations in accordance with the “National Framework for information technology security evaluation and certification, for the purposes of protecting classified information, concerning Italy's domestic and external security”, in accordance with the international standard ISO IEC15408 «Common Criteria».)

The company collaborates on an ongoing basis with prestigious Italian universities for research and development activities oriented towards new technologies.

Foramil

Foramil is the Group company specialising in electronic technologies. The company supports customers and partners in engineering, component supply, obsolescence management, refurbishment and modernisation of systems, special component design, as well as in-house production of full-custom electronic solutions. The company also provides design, physical and functional integration, setting to work assistance and testing services for transmission and communication subsystems in the naval field (combat and radar systems) and waveguide, radio frequency, fibre optic and copper transmission and communication systems.

Foramil also designs and implements structural, plant and procedural measures necessary to meet security requirements for information processing up to the SECRET level.

Innodesi

Innovation Design (Innodesi) is an electronic design company specialising in the development and integration of electronic systems for communications and industrial applications. The company’s distinguishing feature is its “full device production cycle” service, which includes design services for software, hardware and mechanical products. Innodesi provides on-demand hardware/software development, embedded software migration and integration, hardware and software selection consultancy, testing and quality assurance services.

Our Values

Passion and dedication

We face each challenge with full commitment and determination, aware of the responsibility we have.

Trust and respect

We believe in relationships based on mutual trust, transparency and respect for each other’s ideas and differences.

Growth and innovation

We invest in people, their skills and talent, because individual growth is the engine of collective innovation and success.

Wellbeing and sustainability

We are a Benefit Corporation because we believe in common benefit through actions with a positive impact on society, where respect for people is combined with a commitment to a sustainable future.

Benefit Corporation

Tinexta Defence through Defence Tech and its operating companies, has made the strategic decision to adopt the Benefit Corporation status. This, to confirm the Group’s commitment in pursuing common benefits, with the aim of creating shared value also in terms of social progress and respect for the environment, aspects of increasing importance in today’s world.

In particular, the following three common benefit purposes have been identified and integrated into the Company’s articles of association:

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Protecting the planet

Reducing our emissions and promoting the responsible use of resources.

Reducing the digital divide

Promoting access to technology and the web in order to reduce the digital divide among population sections.

Valuing people

Making people feel valued and fully ensuring gender equality.

Our Partners

Degree in Business Administration from the University of Naples 'Federico II' with an MBA in Business Management achieved with high merit in 2008 by winning a scholarship provided by Invitalia S.p.A. from which she was selected in the first months of attendance as the best MBA profile.

After a brief experience in Invitalia S.p.A., he immediately held increasingly important roles in the management of Administration, Finance and Control of companies operating in the defence sector, theInformation Technology, of Cyber and National Security. In addition, she was Treasury Manager in companies operating in theEnergy.

He obtained an Executive Master in Finance (EMF) at SDA Bocconi in 2020, with a specialisation in Corporate Finance & Control and, in 2022, a further specialisation track in Asset, Wealth Management also at SDA Bocconi.

For over five years it has been the Chief Financial Officer of the Defence Tech Group, whose listing process he followed on the Euronext Growth Milan segment of Borsa Italiana.

From 2017 to 2024, she was a member of the boards of directors of all the legal entity of the Defence Tech Group with delegated powers over their financial management and from October 2021 to October 2024 was a Board Member of the Holding Company.

It is currently also Investor Relations Manager of the listed Defence Tech and follows all ESG issues of the Group.

In July 2021, she was recognised by Federmanager as one of the best talents under 44 at national level, receiving an important award as Young Manager 2020.