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Chief Information Officer

Gruppo Campari has grown to become one of the most significant groups in the global beverage industry, and is currently ranked 6 th. From its inception in 1860, it has developed a presence in 190 countries, with market leadership in Italy and Brazil, and a first-rate presence in the US, Germany, and Switzerland. The group boasts a rich portfolio, with more than 45 brands, sub-divided into three segments: spirits, wines, and soft drinks. In the spirits segment stand out internationally renowned brands such as Campari, SKYY Vodka; Wild Turkey and Cynar, as well as its leading local market brands including Aperol, Cabo Wabo, CampariSoda, GlenGrant, Ouzo 12, Zedda Piras, X-Rated, and the Brazilian labels: Dreher, Old Eight and Drury's. In the wine segment along with Cinzano, known world-wide, are Liebfraumilch, Mondoro, Riccadonna, Sella & Mosca and Teruzzi & Puthod all respected wines in their category. Finally, the soft drinks segment is composed of brands such as Crodino and Lemonsoda (with its relative brand extensions), which are strongly-positioned on the Italian market. Production is concentrated in twelve manufacturing plants: four of which are located in Italy, one in Greece, one in Scotland, one in Ukraine, one in the United States, one in Argentina, two in Brazil and one in Mexico. Gruppo Campari also owns four wineries : three in in Italy (Sella&Mosca, Teruzzi&Puthod and Enrico Serafino) and one in France (Lamargue). Though company headquarters is situated in Sesto San Giovanni, Milan, the Group's presence is made global as a result of its internationally-located business units. Gruppo Campari has its own distribution network in Italy, Austria, Germany, Luxemburg, Switzerland, Russia, Belgium, Ukraine, US, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico, China and Australia and uses local distributors in over 180 other countries. Gruppo Campari has constantly increased its net sales over the years as a result of its focus on brand building, organic growth, and external growth through a series of strategic acquisitions supported by a solid financial position. The total net sales of Gruppo Campari in 2011 was € 1,274.2 million. The company employs over 2,200 people. The shares of the parent company Davide Campari-Milano S.p.A. are listed on the Italian Stock Exchange.

Business technology leader passionately leading the transformation of the IT function to a true business partner contributing to the definition and delivery of strategic business objectives through digital transformation and a clear understanding of how technology can drive business performance. * Multicultural awareness, agility and background having spent 20 years living outside home country. * Strong relationship building with internal and external partners to support the opportunity from the intersection of technology & business strategy. * Transformed and re-positioned IT teams as a business value creators leading the digital transformation of front and back office functions. * Leader of organisational change through the development of new skills, culture and capabilities to develop and integrate an empowered IT team with external and internal partners. * Breadth and agility to act at both the strategic and operational levels. * A strong commercial background and an empathetic approach to understanding business environments and technology opportunities with clear technology benefit realization strategies. * Extensive experience of different market & channel archetypes spanning developed and developing markets. * Developed and implemented a number of IT multi-year strategies integrating technology to corporate objectives covering a variety of global market and channel environments. * Strong advocate of innovation having successfully introduced advanced analytics, AI and robotics. * Centralization and standardization of IT run activities leading to cost efficiency and greater governance over IT investments. * Delivered IT integration supporting a number of M&A activities.