Michele TRONCONI
Chairman, Sistema Moda Italia
He received a degree in Political Sciences from the Catholic University in Milan.
He is managing director of some companies belonging to the Tronconi Family (GASPARE TRONCONI SPA; BEPPETEX SRL; GASPARE TRONCONI INDUSTRIALE SRL; GASPARE TRONCONI TECHNOLOGIES SRL;TERNATE COATING SRL), based in the Province of Varese. The above mentioned firms deal mainly in textile sector: ranging from the finishing of cotton fabrics to their marketing, especially for the clothing sector.
He has been - and currently is - deeply involved in actively representing the industry, at local level, at sectorial level, at national level and at European level, holding numerous appointments.
Presently, he is the President of SMI – Sistema Moda Italia, the Italian textile and Fashion Federation member of Confindustria, and has formerly been (for a two-year period: 2007-2008) President of EURATEX, the European Textile and Apparel Federation, based in Brussels.
He is a member of the “Consiglio Direttivo” and the “Giunta” of Confindustria.