Italy China Council Foundation-ICCF has a new Board of Directors. The Board, which will remain in office for the next three years (2025-2027), was appointed yesterday afternoon in Milan during a meeting led by Cavaliere del Lavoro Mario Boselli, confirmed as president of the body created in 2022 from the integration of the Italy-China Foundation and the Italy-China Chamber of Commerce, with the aim of developing relations between Europe and Asia, and first and foremost between Italy and China. At his side, for the first time, a Chinese Vice-President, thanks to the appointment in this role of Xuan Cheng, General Manager ICBC Milan. Confirmed as vice-president of ICCF Diana Bracco, Knight of Labour and President of Bracco Spa, who took on the role of Executive Vice President, and Riccardo Garosci, Vice President of Confcommercio-Imprese per l'Italia.
I new councillors elected are Stefano Caselli, Dean SDA BOCCONI SCHOOL OF MANAGEMENT, Saverio Silva, Chief International Business Officer and Board Member - DESA GROUP and Giada Zhang, CEO MULAN GROUP.
They remain in office as Councillors: Massimo Ambrosetti, AMBASCIATA OF ITALY IN CHINA, Jia Guide, AMBASCIATA OF THE CHINESE POPULAR REPUBLIC IN ITALY, David Doninotti, Secretary General AICE, Rodrigo Cipriani Foresio, General Manager Alibaba Group South Europe ALIBABA, Sabrina Di Giorgio, Chief Communication & Public Affairs Officer - International ASSICURAZIONI GENERALI SPA, Fabio De Rosa, Head of Global Transaction Banking BANCO BPM, Simone Hu Xiaowei, Manager BEIJING ITALY CHINA CULTURE DEVELOPMENT COOPERATION, Renzo Cavalieri, Of Counsel BONELLI EREDE - STUDIO LEGALE BONELLI EREDE, Luca Lisandroni, CEO BRUNELLO CUCINELLI, Carlo Capasa, President CAMERA NAZIONALE DELLA MODA ITALIANA, Adrien NG, Area Head Southern Europe CATHAY PACIFIC LTD., Paolo Panerai, Chief Executive Officer CLASS EDITORI, Thomas Rosenthal, Vice President, Asia-Pacific DIGITAL BROS | 505 GAMES, Alberto Galassi, Chief Executive Officer FERRETTI GROUP, Alessandro Zalonis, Partner GIANNI & ORIGONI, Matteo Zoppas, President ICE, Riccardo Monti, former President ICE, Francesco Hu Founder & CEO of IH HOTELS, Rosario Strano, Chairman of Supervisory Board / Board of Directors and Board Member of several INTESA SANPAOLO Group's Banks and Subsidiaries, Wang Liqun, Advisory China Affair INVESTINDUSTRIAL, Fabrizio Spremberg, Chairman LEMA HOLDING, Mauro Battocchi, Director General for Country System Promotion MINISTRY OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION, Aimone Di Savoia Aosta, Director Institutional Affairs PIRELLI, Michaela Castelli, President SOCIETÀ per AZIONI ESERCIZI AEROPORTUALI (SEA), Marco Marazzi, Local Partner, M&A, Corporate & Commercial - Antitrust PROFESSIONAL STUDIO ASSOCIATED WITH BAKER & MCKENZIE, Gabrio Giorcelli, Sr. Strategy Sales Manager Southern Europe TENCENT CLOUD EUROPE, Alberto Nicolai, Head of Marketing Management UCIMU, Pietro Piccinetti, MINISTRY OF BUSINESSES AND MADE IN ITALY, Li Shu, Board member ZHEJIANG RIFA PRECISION MACHINERY CO, LTD., Hu Kun, President Western Europe & CEO Italy ZTE. Representatives of the MINISTRY OF THE ENVIRONMENT AND ENERGY SAFETY, the MINISTRY OF CULTURE and the EMILIA-ROMAGNA REGION are awaiting designation.
The leadership of the ICCF is carried out by the Director General, Marco Bettinwhile the controlling body remains in the hands of Dr. Mario De Togni. Today's meeting also provided the opportunity to confirm the Board members of the Italy China Chamber of Commerceshared with the ICCF Board of Directors. Confirmed at the Presidency is Cavaliere Mario Boselli, at the Vice-Presidency is Prof. Renzo Cavalieri and, in the role of treasurer, Dr. Alcide Luini.
"In recent years, ICCF has been able to establish itself as 'the' main point of contact in the field of Italy-China relations, a fundamental point of reference for high-level institutional relations, as well as for the promotion and implementation of concrete projects to foster trade and cooperation in various fields - declared the President Mario Boselliin the course of his speech -. But, to be carried forward, this work requires a collective effort: it will only be through a joint commitment of the institutions and associations operating on the Italy-China axis that we will be able to achieve ambitious results. I am certain that with the valuable cooperation of our councillors and the support of the Vice Presidents, including for the first time one directly representing the Chinese economic system, all this can be achieved".
