Confindustria Digitale, Agostino Santoni new president

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Change at the top of Confindustria Digitale. The Assembly of the Federation of companies in the digital sector has in fact renewed its guide ed today elected Agostino Santoni as the new president. Santoni takes over from Cesare Avenia at the end of his mandate. Agostino Santoni has been Vice President of Cisco Southern Europe from November 2020 and from the end of 2012 to March 2021 he held the position of CEO of Cisco Italy. The assembly also appointed the president of Asstel Massimo Sarmi as the new Deputy Vice President of the Federation.

Agostino Santoni, boasts a long managerial experience in the sector of technologies and digital services having held top positions both in large companies and in sectoral associations. And his will be a presidency focused on the NRP. In accepting the appointment for the next two years, Santoni in fact highlighted that his presidency “will be particularly focused on the implementation of NRP projects and reforms”. “The Plan – underlined Santoni – is a unique and unrepeatable opportunity to catch up on the innovation lag accumulated in the last decade, which has undermined the competitive and growth capabilities of our economy”. “Now – Santoni pointed out – it’s time to accelerate: in the coming months the Federation will be strongly committed to supporting the investment plans launched by the Government, with great attention to favoring the modernization of the country in a digital, inclusive and sustainable way. “Santoni noted that “the objectives of the NRP must be combined with the strategic objectives of the EU and in this context, a more incisive role of our country in contributing to determining the framework of the rules of the digital single market will be essential “. “Confindustria Digitale – assured the new president – will therefore be the bearer of stimuli and proposals for Europe adopt a regulatory model that combines protection of the fundamental rights of citizens, primarily privacy, with strong support for innovation “. Santoni therefore anticipated that” among the priorities of the presidential mandate for the next two years there will also be the proposal of policies to support the development and innovation of the industrial ecosystem of the ICT sector, with particular focus on the sector of start up e dell’open innovation, on whose vitality the digital future of the country depends “.

Santoni from 2009 to 2012 was Sap Italia CEO. Previously, the newly elected president of Confindustria Digitale held roles of increasing responsibility in HP up to the position of Vice President & Enterprise Sales Directory of HP Italia. From 2014 to 2017 Santoni was President of Assinform and, currently, he is Coordinator of the Technical Group for the Development of Confindustria’s Digital Offer, member of the Executive Committee of the Fiera Milano Foundation and since 2020 he is a member of the Board of Trustees of the Cisco Foundation.

At Confindustria Digitale, the federation of the ICT sector within the Confindustria system, Eight associations are members representing 250,000 employees for a turnover of 75 billion euros: Asstel, association of the telecommunications sector; Anitec-Assinform, association of ICT and consumer electronics companies; Aiip, association of Internet Providers; Iab Italia association of digital advertising and interactive communication; Tsp- association of Telematics Service Providers in the automotive sector; Abi Lab, Research and innovation consortium for the banking world; Abie blockchain association, business entities; Apsp association of payment service providers.

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