Author: GEI

  The luncheon was held on March 16, 2012 in the Stella Private Room of Le Cirque restaurant in New York City.

I am very pleased to welcome to GEI and to New York on his first official visit, Ambassador Claudio Bisogniero, the new Ambassador of Italy to the United States. Claudio Bisogniero was born in Rome. After graduating in 1976 with a Degree in Political Science

I am very pleased to welcome to New York and to GEI Gianni Zonin, who, as you know, is Chairman of Casa Vinicola Zonin and Chairman of Banca Popolare di Vicenza. Chairman Zonin is in New York today to inaugurate the New York representative office of the

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI, Mr. Alberto Cribiore, Vice Chairman of Citi’s Institutional Clients Group. Prior to joining Citi, Alberto Cribiore had formed Brera Capital Partners, a global private equity investment firm, in 1997. He had

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI, Mr. Frank Bisignano, Chief Operating Officer for JPMorgan Chase. Prior to joining JPMorgan Chase in 2005, Mr. Bisignano was the chief executive officer for Citigroup’s Global Transactions Services business and a

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI the new Italian Trade Commissioner in New York, Dr. Pier Paolo Celeste. Dr. Celeste is not new to the city of New York. From October 1987 to December 1992, he was

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI the new Italian Ambassador to Canada, the Honorable Gian Lorenzo Cornado. Prior taking this important job, he covered different significant positions for the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs, which he joined

Mr. Armstrong was appointed Director of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation in November 2008. In this prestigious position, he focuses on the pivotal role of the New York museum and its extraordinary collection while also providing leadership and management for the other institutions

Good evening, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI, Mr. Massimiliano Gioni, the new Artistic Director of the 55th Biennale di Venezia, the Associate Director and Director of Exhibitions of the New Museum in New York, and the Artistic Director