Italian trade shows organizer, Pitti Immagine, has appointed new President and Vice President for the next mandate. On 28 February 2017, the Board of Directors of the Centro di Firenze per la Moda Italiana in Florence passed a resolution regarding the Presidency and the Board of Directors at Pitti Immagine.
According to the new resolution, Pitti Immagine will have Claudio Marenzi as the President, who takes over Gaetano Marzotto, whereas Andrea Cavicchi will take charge as Vice President. The Board then went on to deliberate the composition of the new Board of Directors of Pitti Immagine which shall remain in office until February 2020, with the approval of the 2019 financial statements.
Claudio Marenzi is a well-known name in Italian fashion industry. Since 2013, he is the President of employers’ association of italian fashion industry – Sistema Moda Italia.
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In addition to Claudio Marenzi and Andrea Cavicchi, following directors were appointed: Carlo Piacenza (CEO of Fratelli Piacenza S.p.A, and President of Unione Industriale Biellese), Claudio Orrea (CEO of Patrizia Pepe), Niccolò Biondi (CEO of Roy Roger’s), Micaela Le Delivelec (EVP and Chief Consumer Officer of Gucci), Niccolò Manetti (Company Director, Marketing and Communications Director of Giusto Manetti Battiloro S.p.a), Franco Baccani (CEO of B&G and B&G Produzioni, Vice President of Confindustria Firenze).
As new president, Marenzi appointed Raffaello Napoleone as the ninth Company Director, to be passed at the Centro’s next BoD meet.
