Category: Italy

Italian Prime Minister Monti supports AIESEC Alumni Italia

by Christian COCHARD, posted in AIESEC Alumni, International, Italy
Italian Prime Minister, Prof. Mario Monti has recently addressed a personal Endorsement to AIESEC Alumni Italy.
 
Prime Minister Monti wrote:  “Never before, have the institutional objectives of AIESEC to help the younger generation and promote professional success been so important for the social and economic environment. 
 
Personally, I do remember with special affection and joy and a bit of nostalgia my time as an AIESEC member as a university student. 
 
I wish you all the very best for your future endeavours and activities of the Association.”
 
 
Mr Mario Monti is the 54th and current Prime Minister of Italy and also the Minister of Economy and Finance. Mr Monti is also an economist and academic who previously served as a European Commissioner from 1995 to 2004, with responsibility for the Internal Market, Services, Customs and Taxation from 1995 to 1999 and then for Competition from 1999 to 2004. Monti has also been Rector and President of Bocconi University in Milan. Mr Monti is an AIESEC alumnus.
 
Congratulations to the AIESEC ALUMNI Italian team!
 
With best regards,
Christian Cochard,
President of AIESEC Alumni France

Tomorrow starts the ISUM in Paris!

by Christian COCHARD, posted in France, INSEAD Alumni, International, Italy, Mexico, Start-ups, Tunisia, USA

Welcome in Paris to the start-ups enthusiasts from more than 20 countries joining us tomorrow at the French Senate for the Opening Session of the first edition of the International Start-Ups Meeting with:

– Mr Luca Torosani, Vice President of the Organizing Committee; a graduate from Bocconi Italy; soon joining PWC in Mexico;

– Mr Olivier Giscard d’Estaing, Founder of INSEAD and President of the INSEAD Foundation;

– Mr Massimo Michaud, former President of AIESEC Italy, Entrepreneur and former CEO of ALLIANZ Insurance in Italy;

– Mrs Gail Margolies Reid, CPA from the USA, and author of the guide of low-cost start-ups;

– Mr Ali Mnif, Entrepreneur and CEO of MAZAM from Tunisia, a graduate of IHEC Tunis – Carthage;

– Mr Christian Cochard, President of the Organizing Committee and Senior Advisor in acquisitions, consolidation and financial reporting.

Mr Marco Villa to attend as speaker ISUM 2011

by Christian COCHARD, posted in business angels, International, Italy, Start-ups

We are very pleased and honored to announce that Mr Marco Villa, CEO of the Italian Angels for growth, will attend the International Start-ups Meeting as speaker.

Mr Villa was previously Manager at PwC.

Kind regards,

the OC team.

Participants from 25 countries as of today!

by Christian COCHARD, posted in Asia, Austria, Canada, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Great Britain, Greece, Haiti, Hong Kong, Ibero America, India, International, Italy, Kenya, Mexico, Start-ups, Tunisia, USA

We are very pleased to announce that we have received confirmation by participants from 25 countries as of today!

77 participants are registered.

We have arranged for more room for the Dining cocktail at the French Senate.

Do not miss the opportunity to attend this first edition of the International Start-Ups Meeting.

Our advice: REGISTER NOW, especially for the Saturday and Sunday sessions!

Registration will be closed as soon as the target number of participants is reached.

With kind regards,

The OC team.

Mr Massimo Michaud as a speaker

by Christian COCHARD, posted in INSEAD Alumni, International, Italy, Start-ups

We are very pleased and honored to announce that Mr Massimo MICHAUD will attend the ISUM 2011 as guest speaker.

Mr Massimo Michaud has worked 10 years as management consultant at McKinsey&Co and operated in the Italian, French and Eurocenter offices in Brussels.

Then he has been leading several insurance companies in France and Belgium for the Generali Group acting as local General Manager. Since 2000, he went back to Italy where he served as CEO for AXA Italy, and other large insurance groups such as Allianz Italy.

He has obtained a vast management experience with companies ranging from 200 up to 5000 employees where he achieved lasting results in both turnaround and development strategies.

After 15 years of management, he decided to promote entrepreneurship networks and launched Kinetica, a company acting as business partner for startups and companies in their development phases. At the same time, he has launched his own startup for Insurance Distribution.

Mr Massimo Michaud is a graduate from the INSEAD MBA in 1987.