In a reorganisation of its CRC Design Centre at San Marino, MV Agusta has announced Giorgio Mazzotti and Alessandro Volpini as Design Director and Technical Manager respectively.
"Mazzotti, 56, is an industrial designer with over 29 years of experience on a variety of production motorcycles, automobiles and commercial vehicles. He is succeeding Adrian Morton, who is leaving the company.
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| from left Giorgio Mazzotti, Brian Gillen and Alessandro Volpini.jpg: Left to right: Giorgio Mazzotti, Design Director; Brian Gillen, R&D Director; Alessandro Volpini, Technical Manager |
"Volpini, 52, is a mechanical engineer with extensive experience in the design and industrialisation of vehicles for the motorcycle industry. His background in the field includes a comprehensive career in design, prototyping, testing and industrialisation."
Mazzotti and Volpini will report to Brian Gillen, formerly Technical Director, but now promoted to R&D Director, MV Agusta and CRC.
"As a brand, MV Agusta has a very strong focus on both innovation and technology," says Timur Sardarov, CEO of MV Agusta Motor S.p.A. "In welcoming Giorgio and Alessandro into the MV Agusta family, I am confident that we now have a great team to address the style and technology challenges driving our product development into the future.
"I would like to congratulate Brian to his new position and thank Adrian Morton for his many contributions throughout his 20-year career in the company, as well as the creation of legendary pieces of true motorcycle art. We hope that in the future we will be able to continue our collaboration on exciting new projects."
Morton's achievements at MV Agusta include the Turismo Veloce, Rivale. RVS #1, Superveloce 800, Brutale 1000 and most recently, the Rush 1000. He is the man behind the MV Agusta 3 cylinder line-up, including the F3 Supersport and Brutale naked models, and is credited with designing the Benelli Tornado and TnT motorcycles.
