Management
To view the biographies click on the names of the directors below.
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Giovanni Recordati Chairman and Chief Executive Officer -
Giovanni Recordati holds a Ph.D. in chemical engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and a master's degree in management science from the Imperial College, University of London.
He joined Recordati in 1974. In 1980 he was named vice president for manufacturing and in 1984 he added responsibility for research & development and corporate operations. In 1990 he became president and chief operating officer. Since 1977 he has been a member of the Board of Directors. Presently he is chairman and chief executive officer of the Recordati group.
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Alberto Recordati Vice Chairman of the Board -
Alberto Recordati earned a degree in biochemistry from King's College of the University of London in 1977. In 1984 he earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School of the same university.
He joined Recordati in 1984 as researcher in the biochemistry and immunology lab. In 1987 he was in charge of the planning and product development unit. From 1990 to 1992 he worked at Pharmetrix Corp., a United States subsidiary, as research coordinator. In 1992 he was appointed industrial manager for biochemicals, in charge of biochemical/microbiological research and the biochemical/fermentation production. In 1995 he became general manager of the chemicals research and technologies division, and in 1999 President of the pharmaceutical chemicals division. In 2004 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board.
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Walter Bevilacqua Vice-President and Director
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Walter Bevilacqua holds a Dr Ing degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milano and an MBA from the Harvard Business School. After a short academic experience he pursued a career in management in the chemical and pharmaceutical industry holding financial and marketing positions, including heading the pharmaceuticals division of Recordati (1981). He then joined Olivetti (1986), heading a US subsidiary and later a group of software and information services companies. He has been with Recordati again since 1996.
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Luciano Bonacorsi Vice-President and Director
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Luciano Bonacorsi earned a law degree from Milan University in 1981.
He began his career at S.I.P. (now Telecom Italia), where he was hired as assistant to the district human resources director in 1982. From 1987 to 1989 he was assistant to the labour relations director at Federchimica. In 1989 he moved to Esselunga as human resources manager, first regionally and then at headquarters. He joined Recordati in 1994, where he was put in charge of labour relations and plant human resources. After a brief hiatus as director of personnel and general affairs at Valeas Industria Farmaceutica, he returned to Recordati where he has been vice-president and director human resources since 1997.
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Celestino Di Rollo Director Pharmaceutical Operations Italy -
Celestino Di Rollo holds a degree in business science with a major in marketing from the Politecnico of Business Studies in Lugano.
He began his career in 1987 as medical representative in Simes, a Zambon Group company.
From 1999 to 2002 he hold positions with increasing responsibilities becoming sales manager in leading pharmaceutical companies.
He joined the Recordati Group in 2002 as the sales manager of the French subsidiary Laboratoires Bouchara Recordati. In 2007 he was appointed to the position of director of marketing and sales ethical products in Italy and soon after became director of pharmaceutical operations Italy.
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Andrea Recordati Director Western European Subsidiaries -
Andrea Recordati holds a Bachelor of Arts in modern and medieval history from the Royal Holloway and Bedford New College of the University of London.
From September 1995 to March 1998 he took part in the Smithkline Beecham Management Access Program of in the United Kingdom becoming project manager in charge of the development and the implementation of an innovative marketing initiative.He joined Recordati in 1998 as project leader for a program directed at the improvement of field force productivity and marketing investments optimization.
Since 1998 he has been member of the Board of Directors.
In 1999 he became manager of pharmaceutical business development reporting to the general manager of the pharmaceutical division.
In March 2002 he was appointed head of the newly constituted lercanidipine business unit.
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Arnaldo Restelli Director International Marketing and Southern European Subsidiaries -
After obtaining a degree in medicine Arnaldo Restelli began his career in the pharmaceutical industry (Simes, Recordati, Lusofarmaco) holding positions with increasing responsibilities. In 2001 he joined Menarini as medical-marketing director of the international division with responsibility for the marketing and medical operations and field force coordination as well as the coordination of the subsidiaries in Switzerland, Greece and Portugal. In addition to the activities of the international department, for about one year, he was general manager of Menarini France, and afterwards of the Swiss subsidiary.
He returned to Recordati, where he has been appointed director of international marketing and Southern European subsidiaries, in 2007.
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Paolo Romagnoli Pharmaceutical Chemicals -
Paolo Romagnoli holds a degree in chemistry from the Università degli Studi di Milano.
He joined the Recordati Group in 1974 where he held positions of increasing responsibility within the pharmaceutical chemicals division beginning with the development of processes of organic syntheses and achieving the position of head of pharmaceutical chemicals marketing.
In 1988 he began his activity as a consultant specialised in pharmaceutical chemicals. He dealt with many European and North American companies accruing a profound management experience : from strategic planning to business development, from market research to research and development.
He joined the Angelini Group in 2003 as the manager of the fine chemicals business unit and production facilities.
In 2006 he returned to International consulting offering extensive support to many companies in the fine chemicals sector and in particular as related to active pharmaceutical ingredients.
In May 2008 he rejoins Recordati as director of pharmaceutical chemicals.
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Michele Spelta Director Licensing & Business Development -
Michele Spelta holds a degree in natural sciences and in biological sciences (pharmacology) from the Università degli Studi di Milano, obtained in 1983 and 1994, respectively. After spending his first post-doc years as a research scientist with a fellowship from the “Università degli Studi di Milano” and the “Istituto di Ricerche Farmacologiche Mario Negri”, in 1985 he joined the pharmaceutical industry. His first position was at Boehringer Mannheim (now Roche) as the head of the laboratory of hot biochemistry. Three years at Inverni della Beffa (now integrated into Sanofi Aventis) as assistant to the scientific director paved the way from research to Licensing & Business Development. In this latter area, from 1991 onwards, he has held several positions with increasing responsibilities both in Italy (Zambon and Chiesi) and abroad (Helsinn in Switzerland and Pliva in Croatia). In 2003 he moved to Orphan Europe in Paris as director of business development. After Orphan Europe was acquired by Recordati, in April 2008 Michele accepted the position of director of Licensing & Business development for the entire Recordati Group.
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Fritz Squindo Chief Financial Officer -
Fritz Squindo earned a degree in business administration from Bocconi University in Milan. He began his career at Telettra, a telecommunications company in the Fiat Group, where he worked in treasury management. He then gained experience at the Italian branch of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi, where he was first head of finance and later head of the management accounting department. He joined Recordati with that title in 1992, and in 1995 was named chief financial officer.
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Franco Tomasini Vice-President and Director
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Franco Tomasini earned a management degree from Bocconi University in Milan in 1975, and an MBA from Ottawa University (Canada) in 1984.
From 1976 to 1981 he held various positions in the sales and marketing department at the Venezuelan affiliate of Oscar Mayer. He began his career at Recordati in 1984, where he was hired as assistant to the chairman and chief executive officer. He then became controller of the foreign subsidiaries, chief financial officer of the U.S. affiliates, and vice president and director of purchasing and logistics at the parent company. For two years he served as chief executive officer of Fimei, the holding company of the Recordati Group. Since 1999 he has been the Recordati group' s vice-president and director of purchasing and logistics.
