New leadership and new programmes for the Fondazione

New leadership and new programmes for the Fondazione Altagamma:
Andrea Illy is named president, broad mandates for industries,
strengthening the institution’s profile.
Milan, 19 April 2013. After commemorating its twenty-year anniversary with the travelling
exhibition and the book entitled Altagamma Italian Contemporary Excellence, the Fondazione
Altagamma is restarting with new leadership and ambitious plans for the future, which were
revealed to the public today.
During the last General Assembly, representatives from 76 Altagamma companies elected a new
president, Andrea Illy, the successor of Claudio Luti, who served as president of Cosmit since
October 2012. Paolo Zegna will work alongside Andrea Illy as Vice Chairman.
Andrea Illy was elected on the basis of a program that calls for significant changes in the
organisation’s governance.
The Presidential Committee has expanded: Vice-Chairmen have been assigned with a broad
mandate in terms of operational proposals within the sectors represented in Altagamma.
The more streamlined Board of Directors will be supported by a Strategic Council, assigned to
meet four times a year to define the general guidelines of the foundation’s strategy.
The strategy for the next three years will focus on consolidating the institutional status of the
Fondazione Altagamma, aimed at improving the competitiveness of the luxury market.
An objective based on the fact that the luxury market drives exports and represents an added value
for Italian manufacturing. By strengthening the high-end sector, the entire national production
system will benefit.
The Fondazione Altagamma commissioned the CRESV Institute of Bocconi University to conduct a
detailed analysis on the luxury market’s contribution to GDP, employment, exports, investment
and tax revenue.
The hope is that this study will lead to the institution of a public and private partnership between
the government and the Fondazione Altagamma.
The activities of the Fondazione Altagamma currently underway include:
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Business Development (New Holding for high end industry and distribution, Institutional
Relations, Networking, Research, Cross Selling and Cross Marketing)
Altagamma Business Culture (Strategic Council, Altagamma Business Culture Program,
Education, Craftsmanship)
Promotion (Relaunch of the city of Milan)
Board of Directors
Fondazione Altagamma 2013 - 2015
Santo Versace
Founding Chairman
Gianni Versace
Leonardo Ferragamo
Honorary Chairman
Salvatore Ferragamo
Andrea Illy
Chairman
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Paolo Zegna
Vice Chairman
Ermenegildo Zegna
Francesca Bortolotto Possati Vice Chairman
Bauer Hotel
Armando Branchini
Vice Chairman
Fondazione Altagamma
Matteo Lunelli
Vice Chairman
Cantine Ferrari
Claudio Luti
Vice Chairman
Kartell
Laudomia Pucci
Vice Chairperson
Emilio Pucci
Stefano Agostini
Member
Sanpellegrino
Stefano Alessi
Member
Alessi
Maria Cristina Buccellati
Member
Buccellati
Patrizio Di Marco
Member
Gucci
Carla Fendi
Member
Fendi
Roberto Gavazzi
Member
Boffi
Carmen Moretti De Rosa
Member
L’Albereta – L’Andana
Giuseppe Prezioso
Member
Max Mara
Lamberto Tacoli
Member
Riva
For additional information:
Edoardo Carloni
Tel: 02 36636307
E-mail: [email protected]
Maria Anna Vismara (SEC)
Tel : 3389940968
E-mail: [email protected]