Premier Matteo Renzi appointed
women to the chairmanship of three major State-controlled
companies on Monday in a top management shakeup aimed at
breathing new life into some of Italy's biggest firms.
Former industrial employers' association Confindustria
president Emma Marcegaglia was appointed to the chairmanship of
oil and gas company Eni; tech firm Olivetti president Patrizia
Grieco to the chairmanship of electricity provider Enel; and
State broadcaster RAI board member Luisa Todini to the
chairmanship of Poste Italiane Spa.
They will be working alongside Claudio Descalzi, Francesco
Starace and Francesco Caio, appointed CEO of Eni, Enel and Poste
respectively.
Italian railway company Ferrovie dello Stato (FS) CEO Mauro
Moretti was moved to aerospace and defence giant Finmeccanica,
where he will hold the same position under the unaltered
chairmanship of Gianni De Gennaro.
The government was expected to announce new appointments
for FS and electricity transmission-system operator Terna
shortly.
The appointment of women presidents to three of Italy's
main State-controlled companies is part of a push by the Renzi
government to increase the number of women holding top positions
in the public sphere.
Eight out of 16 cabinet ministers are women, while last
week the centre-left premier nominated women to head his
Democratic Party's electoral lists in European parliamentary
elections on May 25.
Marcegaglia, Grieco and Todini are expected to receive no
more than 238,000 euros gross per year in line with a pledge by
Renzi to cap the salaries of all public-sector managers at or
below the quarter of a million euros Italian President Giorgio
Napolitano gets as part of efforts to forge a leaner and
more efficient State.
Some of the fattest cats in Italy's bloated public sector
currently earn three or four times what the head of State is
paid.
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