New Ceo in Gancia

Giuseppe Bottero, General manager of the sparkling wine producer Gancia (Canelli - Piemonte), has left. The new Ceo is Paolo Fontana (53 years), who has a degree in Agriculture, has been a Gancia adviser from 1994 to 1997, and has a rich working background, with foreign groups such as Sonoco Alcore-ECB and Philips. The new Gancia CEO will accelerate the internationalisation strategy of the Italian company, trying to penetrate emerging markets such as Russia, China and Korea. The conquest of American consumers began in 2002.

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