Gianfelice Rocca
Gianfelice Rocca
Gianfelice Rocca is Chairman of the Techint Group in Milan and is member of the Board of Directors of Tenaris and Ternium, the main public companies of the Techint Group. He is President and Founder of the ʺIstituto Clinico Humanitasʺ, one of the most important hospitals in Europe. In June 2013 he was elected President of Assolombarda, the largest territorial association of entrepreneurs in Italy and part of Confindustria (Italian employers’ organization). From May 2004 to May 2012 he was Vice President for Education of Confindustria. Currently, he is member of the EIT Governing Board (European Institute of Innovation and Technology). Moreover, in Italy, he sits on the Board of Directors of Allianz SpA, Brembo SpA, Buzzi Unicem SpA., Bocconi University. At international level, he is a member of the Allianz SE Advisory Board, of the Aspen Institute Executive Committee, of the Harvard Business School Advisory Board and of the Trilateral Commission. He is President of the “Fondazione Fratelli Agostino and Enrico Rocca”, an association that supports several social and educational projects all over the world. In June 2007 he was appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro of the Italian Republic and in March 2009 he was presented with a honoris causa degree in management engineering by Milan Politecnico. In 2010 he received from the President of the Italian Republic, Giorgio Napolitano, the 2009 Leonardo Award for his contribution to enhancing Italy’s international standing in steelmaking, energy and infrastructure. Gianfelice Rocca graduated cum laude in Physics at University of Milan and got a PMD at Harvard Business School.
