Pirelli’s Fiochhi joins Sogefi

Guglielmo Fiocchi has left Pirelli for another Italian automotive supplier, Sogefi SpA, which has appointed him as general manager of the company. Fiocchi, who is 49, graduated in aeronautical engineering from the Milan Politecnico and brings long term experience in the automotive component sector.

He spent some 25 years at Pirelli where he held positions of increasing responsibility in the tyre sector. In particular he was director of industrial operations at global level, chief executive of Pirelli Tyre Germany, chairman of Pirelli Tyre Romania and subsequently, at different times, head of all the business areas of Pirelli Tyre: Motorcycles, Cars and Industrial Vehicles.

In the nineties for about a year he was also general manager of BTR, the German components company active in the sealing systems sector.