The notes of the nomination waltz will also sound in 2024. After the 2023 round that saw, between reconfirmations and new entries, renewal at the top of the large public companies (from Eni to Leonardo, from Enel to Poste, passing through Terna), the The year ahead will also have an equally rich game for other large public companies, such as Ferrovie dello Stato, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti and Rai. But not only. The race to renew the Confindustria summit to elect the new president is also about to begin. Important appointments, therefore, for public companies that are strategic for the national economy: just think about the leading role of groups like FS and CDP in implementing PNRR projects. A few days ago, the CEO of FS, Luigi Ferraris, reported that investments are around 14-15 billion euros. Boards of directors expire with the closing of the financial statements, therefore in spring-summer. But we will have to see when the decisions will be made. This round takes place, in fact, in the middle of the European elections that will take place in Italy, on June 9th. And this could have its bearing on the results of the polls.
The whirlwind of appointments also affects a multitude of public companies. The FS, in turn, will have to appoint the directors of Anas, Busitalia and Italferr. The CDP, in turn, will have to appoint Fintecna’s senior management. An “electoral” return is also in sight for Confindustria, the association of businesspeople that is expected to elect Carlo Bonomi’s successor at the top of Viale dell’Astronomia. A game that has already begun, amidst rumors and hypotheses, right after the general meeting on September 15th, the last of the acting president, which will soon come to life with the draw, in January, of the members of the appointment committee called exploring the needs and desires of the territories and the Confindustria system. The great maneuvers, alliances and agreements, in fact, will begin to take shape then, in that month and a half during which the commission, once the consultation trip has been completed, will draw up a restricted list of candidates who express the majority of the will of the base . But an initial group of businesspeople seems to be beginning to emerge who will be able to accept the appointment that should arrive on April 4th, when the General Council of Confindustria will meet and vote on the designated president.
The latest rumors, in chronological order, accredit, according to Adnkronos, Edoardo Garrone, president of Erg and Sole 24 Ore, among the big data for favorites. However, the prices of Confindustria Veneto president Enrico Carraro and those of Antonio Gozzi, president of the Duferco group, also appear to rise. However, the names of a group of current vice-presidents of Confindustria, who emerged in the early hours, would also remain on the field, Giovanni Brugnoli, Alberto Marenghi, Emanuele Orsini and Maurizio Stirpe. The passing of the baton is, therefore, scheduled for April and will be made official, after the appointment of the General Council, by the vote of the private assembly next May. And the first test that the new president will have to face quickly will be the renewal of the metalworkers’ contract which expires on June 30th but was already cancelled, 6 months earlier, by the blue suits of CGIL, CISL and UIL.
Source: IL Tempo
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