Marco GiovanniniMANAGING PARTNER AND CHAIRMAN OF THE INVESTMENT COMMITTEE
Areas of expertise
• 40 years of experience in building, growing and managing organizations
• Major areas of expertise:
– Management
– Packaging
– Innovation
– M&A
Education
• Degree in Mechanical and Nuclear Engineering at Università La Sapienza
Well connected executive
SELECTED PRESENT OFFICES
• Board member, Fondazione C.R.T., Banca Sistema, L VENTURE GROUP, Goglio Spa
• Chairman, Consorzio Proplast (Plastic materials Research and Development Centre)
SELECTED PAST OFFICES
• Board member, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Ducati Motor Holding, Solar Investment Group
• President, Confindustria Alessandria and Vice President, Confindustria Piedmont
Seasoned Entrepreneur in the packaging industry
• Before 1998: CEO EMEA of Crown Cork
• 35,000 employees and $2.3 bn in revenue
• From 1998: Entrepreneur, Guala Closures
• Consolidation of the packaging industry with 21 acquisitions in four continents
• Innovation by filing 170 patents
• From 400 to 5,000 employees
• From € 55 Mln in 1998 to + € 600 Mln in turn over in 2021
• In partnership with private equity funds, Guala has been sold and reinvested 4 times
• € 1 BN + of publicly traded bonds structuring
• Guala has been listed on the stock exchange twice
Passionate about innovation
Signed 70 patents developed throughout his career, from the easy open end that eliminated the can-opener in the nineties, o XXI century’s first integrated RFID / NFC packaging with product security functions and digital marketing communication capabilities to the end customer.
Sustainability is not just about planting trees on the other side of the world to wash one’s conscience. It’s about technical measures, and research, and development to find more sustainable materials.
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