Ivano Cauli is the new CEO of the Italian trade fair organizer Pitti Immagine. Raffaello Napoleone, who was Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Pitti Immagine from 1989 to the present, was appointed Consigliere Delegato to look after international and institutional relations.
Today the new Supervisory Board of Pitti Immagine was constituted under the chairmanship of Antonio De Matteis. The Supervisory Board was expanded by two members compared to the outgoing body. This was done on the basis of a resolution passed by the extraordinary general meeting last week.
It is composed as follows: Giovanni Basagni (confirmed); Stefano Borsini (confirmed); Laura Bosetti Tonatto (newly appointed); Ercole Botto Poala (confirmed); Paolo Carrai (newly appointed); Ivano Cauli (newly appointed); Antonio De Matteis (confirmed as President); Marco Landi (confirmed); Antonella Mansi (confirmed as Vice President); Niccolò Moschini (confirmed); Raffaello Napoleone (confirmed); Lorenzo Nencini (confirmed) and Marco Palmieri (confirmed).
“Undoubtedly, the double commitment places a great responsibility on Ivano Cauli’s shoulders. He has been with the company for four years. However, his personal entrepreneurial experience, his ability to manage innovation and his knowledge of company structures provide comprehensive guarantees,” Antonio De Matteis said in a statement.
Who is Ivano Cauli
Ivano Cauli was born in Milan in 1969. He is a manager and entrepreneur in the digital sector with many years of experience in developing innovative projects between Italy and the United States. After graduating with a degree in computer science, he contributed to the growth of the start-up Sapient in the 1990s. This began a professional career focused on technological innovation.
In 2004 he founded Openmind. The company became a reference point in e-commerce for fashion and other sectors, collaborating with important international brands. Following its acquisition by Accenture in 2021, he served as Managing Director for two years. In this role, he led the commerce offering for Southern Europe.
Since 2024 he has been Innovation Director at Pitti Immagine and from 2025 he has been an advisor to the start-up Grace Brigade. He continues to promote development and innovation in the digital landscape.
“I am convinced that the future of Pitti Immagine and the Cfmi Group will be decided now. I am talking about the next 10 to 15 years, which will be decided in these two or three years. We are undergoing an industrial transformation, even if we want to leave behind much of what we have experienced so far. This transformation must be managed at European and national level, including Italy, with great care and without ideological risks,” added Antonella Mansi.
“There is a serious crisis in the international order. This of course affects the economy and in particular global trade and mobility. We see the impact of this clearly, especially in the fashion sector. In the exhibition sector, this leads to a change in the conditions of participation for operators and a consequent reduction in operating margins. This inevitably makes it necessary to keep costs under control while at the same time looking for new opportunities,” explained Mansi.
The board also decided on the appointments to the committees of the subsidiaries. Agostino Poletto has been confirmed as sole managing director of Stazione Leopolda srl. The board of the Fondazione Pitti Discovery was also confirmed: Mansi as president, the board members Cauli, De Matteis, Moschini and Napoleone as well as the general secretary Cianchi.
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