 In 2000, the company was purchased by Emanuele Carminati Molina, who still serves as its President.The famous suitcase of Italian banker Roberto Calvi, found murdered in London hanging under Blackfriars Bridge during the collapse of Banco Ambrosiano was a black Valextra "Diplomatica".From the beginning, Valextra's designs have been modernist and largely unornamented, and have a reputation for being aesthetically minimalist and discreet.