Confindustria's small-industry
chapter on Thursday tapped Campania businessman Vincenzo Boccia
as candidate to lead the employers' group when current president
Giorgio Squinzi steps down later this year.
Boccia will now have to say whether he will accept the
nomination.
On Wednesday Bolognese industrialist Alberto Vacchi
formally presented his candidacy to replace Squinzi.
He was the first candidate to tell a three-strong panel of
'wise men' of his intention to run.
The recently appointed panel will now vet the bid to see if
it fulfills a set of criteria. The Italian media has been full
of speculation about other possible candidates.
Businessman Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone is said to be
among the contenders along with Mediaset board member Gina Nieri
and Giuseppe Pasini, former president of Federacciai, which
represents iron and steel companies based in Italy.
Other names on the rumoured list include Sicilian builder
Giuseppe Catanzaro, Marche lighting company chief Adolfo
Guzzini, Giorgio Marsiaj, Luca Moschini and Valentino
Vascellari.
Three names will be shortlisted before the president is
finally chosen in March, to be installed at the end of May as
Squinzi's successor.
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