Michele NORSA
General Director and CEO, Salvatore Ferragamo SpA
Graduating with first class honours in Business Administration from the Università Cattolica, Milan, in 1971, Michele Norsa is, since October 2nd, Ceo and Group Managing Director of Salvatore Ferragamo Italia. Before this, he was General Director at Valentino Fashion Group S.p.A from July 2005 and CEO of the Valentino Group from May 2002. Staring from 1997 he worked with Marzotto Spa, where he was General Director Apparel Sector, Chairman of Marzotto USA and Chairman of Marzotto France. From 1994 to 1997, he was President and CEO of Benetton Sportsystem Active and, earlier still, from 1985 to 1993, he worked in Sandys (Sergio Tacchini), where he held the role of Ceo of the group. Between 1976 and 1985 he has been president of Rizzoli Book Division and Chairman of Sansoni. Previously at Rizzoli he was a member of the executive Committee of Rizzoli USA, and he had been appointed to different posts in Buenos Aires, Geneva, New York. Before, in Arnoldo Mondadori Editore, he had been Project Leader of R&D department. Michele Norsa is also a member of the following Executive Committees: Sistema Moda Italia, Centromarca, Camera Nazionale della Moda Italiana.