Maurizio Borletti is the Founding Partner of Borletti Group.
Heir to a family who has been involved in retail for three generations, Maurizio has himself been involved in the industry for over 15 years. He has an extensive network of contacts through the relations built by its activity and having participated in a number of associations grouping leading players.
He has been a member of the Board of such organizations as :
- Federdistribuzione in Italy
- Eurocommerce in Brussels
- IADS and IGDS (grouping the major distributors and Department Stores in Europe)
- Comité Colbert and Altagamma (regrouping the major luxury and fashion brands) in Italy and France.
Thank to its network, Maurizio initiated the consortium that purchased La Rinascente in March 2005 by bringing in Pirelli, DB REOF and Investitori Associati
Between 2000-2004: Maurizio was Chairman of Luxury Brand Development SA, Luxembourg (Holding Christofle).
Previously, he spent 6 years at Christofle (Luxury tableware, France) as a Chief Executive Officer , where he :
- led the turnaround and redevelopment of the Company (100 M € sales, 900 employees)
- developed the commercial strategy including the opening of more than 50 Christofle shops and of new distribution.
- De-listed the Company from the Paris Stock Exchange.
Between 1989-1992, Maurizio acted as an asset manager for Administrazione Borletti (Private Asset management, Milan).
During his university studies, he led as an entrepreneur several acquisitions of participations/ companies in diverse industries (small electrical appliances, building companies, bottled water,..)
Maurizio is Chaiman of La Rinascente / UPIM since 2005.
Maurizio graduated in 1992 from Bocconi University, in Milan (Business School) . He speaks Italian, French, English and Spanish.
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