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AboutOrganisationBoard ■ Gianfelice Rocca (Chairman)

Gianfelice Rocca

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Gianfelice Rocca is Chairman of the Techint Group of Companies based in Milan (Italy). Techint is a multinational corporation whose activities span across steel industry, energy and power sectors, industrial and process plants, infrastructure and services. The Group generated in 2010/2011 total revenues of USD 22 billion with 55.000 employees worldwide. Mr. Rocca is member of the Board of Directors of Tenaris and Ternium, the main public companies of the Techint Group.

He is President and Founder of the ʺIstituto Clinico Humanitasʺ, one of the most important hospitals in Europe.

Since 2004 he has been Vice President of Confindustria, the leading association of Italian industrialists.

In Italy, he sits on the Board of Directors of Allianz SpA, Brembo SpA, Buzzi Unicem SpA.

At international level, he is a member of the Allianz SE Advisory Board, of the Aspen Institute Executive Committee, of the Harvard Business School Advisory Board and of the Trilateral Commission.

He is President of the “Fondazione Fratelli Agostino and Enrico Rocca”, an association that supports several social and educational projects all over the world. In June 2007 he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro of the Italian Republic and in March 2009 he was presented with a honoris causa degree in management engineering by Milan Politecnico.

In 2010 he received from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the 2009 Leonardo Award for his contribution to enhancing Italy’s international standing in steelmaking, energy and infrastructure.

Gianfelice Rocca graduated cum laude in Physics at University of Milan and holds a postgraduate degree from Harvard Business School.

Mr. Rocca lives in Milan, is married and has two children.

Last Updated on Tuesday, 07 February 2012 13:32