Author: GEI

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. As you know Minister Corrado Passera was supposed to be here with us today, a meeting he was looking forward to with great interest. He has asked me to say how sorry he was for not being able to come,

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI, Mr. James Periconi, founder of Periconi, LLC, and a global leader bibliophile of Italian-American publications. James Periconi is a highly rated environmental lawyer in New York, a “Superlawyer” for several years,

Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Today I am very pleased to welcome to GEI, Mr. Joseph Perella, Founding Partner, Chairman and CEO of Perella Weinberg Partners, one of the top independent financial services firms in the country. Perella Weinberg Partners was launched in June 2006,

Good afternoon, everyone. I am Carlo Tunioli, President of Benetton USA and Board Member of GEI. Unfortunately, our president, Dr. Lucio Caputo, is unable to attend the luncheon today, so he has asked me to present his speech on his behalf. I am very pleased

I am very pleased to welcome back to GEI, Ms. Valerie Salembier, the Senior Vice President, Publisher and Chief Revenue Officer of Town and Country magazine. Prior to joining Hearst in 1996, Ms. Salembier had been Senior Vice President of the New York Times, President

  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