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He knows the TV for leading the RAI (Radiotelevisione Italiana). He was a member of telecommunications group Telecom Italia board and the insurer Generali, two companies in which Vincent Bolloré is present. Flavio Cattaneo, 59, was appointed Wednesday, March 30, at the head of Telecom Italia, whose Breton tycoon owns 24.9% stake through Vivendi.
Expected for the resignation of Marco Patuono March 21, the appointment of this eclectic leader validates the assumption that Bolloré is interested as to the contents of activities as pipes. According to Italian media, it is in advanced contact with Silvio Berlusconi to integrate pay TV Berlusconi, Mediaset Premium, its empire. It also highlights a priority for Mr. Cattaneo, who arrives crowned the successes achieved by the company to private transport NTV, which he was previously the General Manager. To save and return to profit
According to a statement of Telecom Italia, the new strong man “will be responsible for defining and proposing to the Board and to implement and develop strategic plans, financial and industrial, as well as responsibility organize and ensure the management and development of business in Italy and South America, “. Vivendi would have required Mr. Patuono cuts to EUR 1 billion when it was counting on “only” 600 million euro. A dispute that is the cause of their separation. In 2015 the group lost 72 million euros against a profit of 1.35 billion in 2014.
“He treated artists like soap”
Born June 27, 1963 in Rho, in the province of Milan, Flavio Cattaneo graduated in architecture. Young, he made the disc jockey for a local radio station, Lombardia 91, before honing his managerial teeth in company Fiera di Milano (Milan Fair), it will manage to seek a listing on the Exchange. “He was selling services that clients do not even think they could blame” , a witness says of that time on the daily’s website Il Corriere Della Sera.
1 st April 2003 he accesses RAI commands as the youngest director in the history of public television, where he stayed until August 2005, with a particular focus on accounts. According to a host, “he treated artists as soap and detergent packets” . He is said to be close to the interests of Silvio Berlusconi. He explains that he “learned more in those two years than twenty years spent elsewhere” . Following this mandate, he led until 2014 the Terna joint venture, specializing in the distribution of electricity, with 72,000 kilometers of lines
Personal. Flavio Cattaneo is married since 2011 with actress Sabrina Ferelli, incendiary brunette who plays in the Great Beauty, by Paolo Sorrentino, which won the Oscar for best foreign film in 2014.
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