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Since July 1st 2001, Andrea Pininfarina has
held the position of Chief Executive Officer
of Pininfarina S.p.A. and, since May 12th
2006, he became Chairman of the Board of
Directors too. |
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Pininfarina's
recent works include the Sintesti concept
car (top) shown at this year's Geneva Motor
Show, and the in-demand Maserati Gransport
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Andrea
Pininfarina graduated in Mechanical Engineering in 1981
at the Polytechnic of Turin; in 1982 he began his career
in the United States with Freuehauf Corp.
In 1983 he joined "Industrie Pininfarina S.p.A.", first
as Coordinator and then as Program Manager of the
Cadillac Allante' project.
In 1987 he
was appointed Co-General Manager of "Industrie
Pininfarina S.p.A." and eventually, in 1988, he got the
position of General Manager, followed by the appointment
of Managing Director in 1994 and of Managing Director of
“Pininfarina Ricerca e Sviluppo S.p.A.” in 2000.
Since July
1st 2001, he held the position of Chief Executive
Officer of Pininfarina S.p.A. and, since May 12th 2006,
he was Chairman of the Board of Directors too.
He was a member of the Board of Directors of:
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Alenia
Aeronautica S.p.A.
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Banca
Passadore & C. S.p.A.
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Poltrona
Frau S.p.A.
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Unicredit Infrastrutture S.p.A. (Chairman)
He also
had significant posts in the following associations:
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Since
July 1997, Confindustria's Board
Member
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Since
December 2002, Vice President of
“Torino Wireless”
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Since
May 2003, President of “Comitato
Locale Torino-Canavese, del Gruppo Unicredito
Italiano"
Most
important posts of the past:
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June ’96 – June 2000, President of AMMA –
Association of the Metal and Mechanical Companies of
Turin
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July ‘97 - June 2001, President of
FEDERMECCANICA – Italian Federation of Metalworking
Industries
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September ’98 – September 2000, President
of W.E.M. – Western European Metal Trades Employers’
Organization
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June ’98 – January 2003, President of ITP -
Invest in Turin and Piedmont
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July 2000 – May 2004, President of UNIONE
INDUSTRIALE di Torino – Employers’ Association of
Turin
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October 2003 – May 2004, President of
“Confindustria Piemonte”
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May 2004 - May 2008, Vice President of
CONFINDUSTRIA - Research Department
Honours:
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On May 6th, 2003 the French Ambassador in
Italy conferred on him the first grade of the
“Légion d’Honneur”, the one of “Chevalier”
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On June 2nd, 2005 the President of the
Italian Republic conferred on him the honour of
“Cavaliere al Merito del Lavoro” (Knight of Labour)
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