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27/02/2023THE NEW BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF BOLOGNAFIERE UNANIMOUSLY ELECTS GIANPIERO CALZOLARI AS PRESIDENT AND ROSA GRIMALDI AS VICE PRESIDENT
Bologna, 23 February 2023 – The first meeting of the new BolognaFiere Board of Directors took place this morning, with the debut of Valerio Veronesi, President of the Bologna Chamber of Commerce, Teresa Lopilato, tax law expert, and Lord Stephen A. Carter, CEO of Informa Group.
As a first act, the Board of Directors voted unanimously to re-elect Gianpiero Calzolari as President and to elect Rosa Grimaldi as Vice President.
The objectives of the new mandate include internationalisation, the diversification of the Group’s activities and the enhancement of the spaces of the Bologna Exhibition Centre, also as a result of real estate contributions by shareholders.
"I thank the Board of Directors for the renewed trust," says Gianpiero Calzolari and continues, "After the capital increase and the subscription of the bond with Informa Group, the path towards the growth and internationalisation of the BolognaFiere Group is proceeding at a fast pace. The objective of the new Board of Directors will be the listing of the company. An important challenge for the development of our territory, to which all shareholders, public and private, are called upon to contribute”.
Gianpiero Calzolari has been President of Bologna Fiere since July 2017 and has been its Vice President from 2014 to 2017. He has been President of Granarolo S.p.A. since 2009 and of Granlatte since 2007. He was also President of Legacoop Bologna from 2004 to 2014.
Rosa Grimaldi is Full Professor of Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management in the field of Economic and Management Engineering at the School of Engineering of the University of Bologna.
Since 2021 she has been the Delegate of the Mayor of Bologna for the attraction of international talents, economic promotion, the impact of technopolo and the Creative and Cultural Industries (ICC).
From 2015 to 2021 she was Rector’s Delegate for Entrepreneurship and Business Relations.
