Theme: Complex Actions

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Riccardo Illy

Riccardo Illy is the President at Gruppo Illy S.p.a.<br clear="left"/><br clear="left"/> Riccardo Illy joined the family company in 1977 and mainly focused on the re-organisation of the commercial structure. In his position as sales director Italy, he developed the marketing and public relations activity and produced the first important advertising campaigns that received international recognition. In the second half of the 1980s, he began to develop consumer and office distribution channel.<br clear="left"/> Subsequently, he raised to international sales director and re-organised the structure of the subsidiary companies. In 1992, he became managing director and in 1995, vice-president.<br clear="left"/> Riccardo Illy is also journalist and author of a book, “Dal Caffè all’Espresso” published by Mondadori and translated in English, French and German, for which publication his brother Francesco produced the iconographic content. In 2006 he writes “La Rana cinese” (“The chinese frog”) and in 2008 “Così perdiamo il Nord” “So we lose the north”. In the past he has held the position of vice-president of the Associazione degli Industriali di Trieste (Industrialist Association of Trieste) and of president of the Seminario Permanente Veronelli.<br clear="left"/> From 1993 to 2000, he was Mayor of Trieste and in 2001 was elected MP in the Italian Parliament. In 2003, he was elected President of the Regione Autonoma Friuli-Venezia Giulia, in charge until April 2008. In 2004, he was elected President of the Assembly of the European Regions.<br clear="left"/> From 1997 to 2002, he was president of the Comitato Promotore della Direttrice Ferroviaria Europea Transpadana (a committee dedicated to promoting a fast trans-European railway line via Northern Italy). <br clear="left"/> In 2000, the President of the Republic of Austria conferred him the “Golden Honorary Title”. In the same year, he was awarded the degree Honoris Causa in Political Sciences at the University of Trieste.<br clear="left"/> In 2009, Riccardo Illy was appointed Grande Ufficiale by the President of the Italian Republic.<br clear="left"/> In the same year he is nominated IEDC-Bled School of Management Supervisory Board member. Riccardo Illy was born in 1955, is married and has a daughter.<br clear="left"/> Since 2004 he is Chairman of Gruppo Illy, the Illy family holding. It controls illycaffè, Domori (high quality chocolate producer), Dammann Frères (French tea brand), Mastrojanni (wine farm of Montalcino) and has a share in Agrimontana (leader company in the production of top-of-the-line confectionery products, such as marron glacés and jams).<br clear="left"/>

Nicolò Borghi

Nicolò Borghi is co-founder of The HUB Milan, first italian center dedicated to the social innovation. The HUB is an international network of people and spaces that develop and sustain social entrepreneurship and innovation. Born in 2005 in London, The HUB has nowadays reached 28 center all over the world and more than 5.000 members.<br clear="left"/> Lunched in March 2008, The HUB Milan represents the first italian chapter and, in this first year of activity, it has built a community with over 300 entrepreneurs and social innovators.<br clear="left"/> Nicolò combines the passion for social innovation with a special attention to technology start-ups. After a travel in Silicon Valley in 2010 he co-founded Creonomy, a software start-up that aims in its mission to create application able to facilitate the on-line cooperation among web and graphic designers. During the 2010 Smau edition Creonomy has been awarded as best start-up in Lombardy (Italian region) by Google and Lombardy Region.<br clear="left"/> Before diving into the start-ups' world, Nicolò studied at the Indian Institute of Management in Ahmedabad, he also holds a Master in General Management and a BA in International Markets and New Technology both at the Università Commerciale L. Bocconi.<br clear="left"/>