Pursuing a mission to 'shape the future sky'

No one can see into the future. But as chief technology officer of leading aerospace company Airbus, Grazia Vittadini shoulders an ambitious mission to "shape the future sky".

From engineering to senior executive positions, Vittadini sees "the value of diversity as a competitive advantage, just as talent, knowledge and passion have no gender".

"Diversity injects values into the aerospace industry. Airbus has very high ambitions, and China is of critical importance to us in the past, at present and in the future," Vittadini said during her visit to China for the inauguration of the Airbus China Innovation Centre in Shenzhen, Guangdong province.