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During a
ceremony held yesterday at the Quirinale Palace, the
President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
conferred on Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of the Pininfarina
Group, the insignia of “Cavaliere al Merito del Lavoro”
(Knight of Labour). Life Senator Sergio Pininfarina was
present. The nomination was communicated last June 2nd on
the occasion of the Republic Day celebration.
The “Cavaliere del Lavoro” is the maximum recognition
assigned to entrepreneurs who distinguished themselves in
the economic world. The golden cross painted in green with
the Republic emblem is shared by three generations of the
Pininfarina family, as it happened in the case of the
insignia of “Chevalier de la Légion d’Honneur”: in fact,
before Andrea Pininfarina, both honours have been awarded to
his grandfather, the company's founder Battista “Pinin”
Farina, and his father, current Chairman Sergio Pininfarina.
Andrea Pininfarina was born in Turin in 1957, is married and
has three children. Graduated in Mechanical Engineering in
1981 at the Polytechnic of Turin, in 1982 he began his
career in the United States.
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Leading Italian Design
and Engineering company Pininfarina are responsible
for the current crop of
Ferrari sportscars |
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During a
ceremony held yesterday at the Quirinale Palace, the
President of the Italian Republic Carlo Azeglio Ciampi
conferred on Andrea Pininfarina, CEO of the Pininfarina
Group, the insignia of the "Cavaliere al Merito del Lavoro" |
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In 1983 Andrea Pininfarina joined "Industrie
Pininfarina S.p.A." Since July 1st 2001, he holds the
position of President & Chief Executive Officer of the
holding company, Pininfarina S.p.A.. He was President of
Federmeccanica – Italian Federation of Metalworking
Industries and of Unione Industrial di Torino – Employers’
Association of Turin, while since May 2004, Vice President
of Confindustria - Research Department.
He is also a member of
the Board of Directors of different companies such as Alenia
Aeronautica, RAS and Juventus Football Club. In 2004 his
name was included among 25 outstanding leaders selected by
the American weekly newspaper “Business Week” as the 2004
Stars of Europe, while this year he is one of the Eurostars
2005 nominated by “Automotive News Europe".
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