Launch of MEET ITALY, a new network built for Italian-American and Italian executives engaged in the fields of Media, Finance, Entertainment, Science and Technology in LA, also open to local representatives and created by the Italian Cultural Institute in Los Angeles and Davide Accomazzo, CIO of Thalassa Capital and Professor di Finance at the Pepperdine University Graziadio School of Business and Management.
Keynote Speaker: Silvio Angori, Chief Executive Officer and Managing Director of Pininfarina S.p.A., Chairman of the Board of L’Indice dei Libri del Mese magazine
BY INVITATION ONLY
MEET ITALY is organized in collaboration with SVIEC – Silicon Valley Italian Executive Council
Silvio Pietro Angori
Silvio was awarded a Master’s Degree in Theoretical Physics at La Sapienza University in Rome and a Master’s Degree in Business Administration at the Booth School of Business – University of Chicago in Illinois (USA).
From 1989 to 1990, he was a researcher at Augusta Westland Helicopters. In 1990 he worked at Centro Ricerche Fiat near Turin, now Fiat Chrysler Automotive as a Senior Researcher.
In 1994, he joined ArvinMeritor Inc. in Detroit (USA) holding various management roles becoming General Manager and CEO of national branches, transnational operating units and global divisions.
In January 2007, he joined Pininfarina as Chief Operating Officer. In 2008, he was coopted as Director in the Board of Directors and he was elected Chief Executive Officer of Pininfarina Group in 2009, position held till today.
During his tenure he has led the relaunch of Pininfarina through a major business turnaround which has positioned the Company to lead the path forward a new world of design.
He is a member of several entrepreneurial associations and theirs statutory boards.
He is a “compulsive reader” of novels, essays, treatises and magazines on various topics, preferring philosophical, natural and physical sciences, design, poetry, and figurative arts themes. This passion has led him to deal with the Indice dei Libri del Mese, the oldest and most prestigious independent magazine of Literature reviews where he serves as Chairman of the Board. He loves Classical and Jazz music, and he is fondly attracted by any form of art, expression of the talent of individuals.