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Raffaele Cicala is an Italian business executive working in Europe. Since 2011, he has occupied the positions of CEO of the LaSer Group[1] and of LaSer Cofinoga.[2]
Raffaele Cicala | |
|---|---|
| Born | Napoli, Italia |
| Nationality |  Italia Italian |
| Education | Degree in economics (BS) from the University of Naples |
Biography
editAfter obtaining his degree, in 1985, he joined Procter & Gamble Italy and quickly reached the position of Group Manager.[3] In 1989, he joined The Boston Consulting Group (BCG)[4] as a consultant assigned to the Paris office where his prime areas of focus were consumer goods and retail. In 1991, he returned to Italy with the opening of BCG office in Milan and contributed to its expansion by using his experience and knowledge to the benefit of industrial and financial entities. In 1997, he set The Boston Consulting Group office up in Warsaw of which he became Managing Partner, working throughout Eastern Europe. He worked as advisor to the Warsaw Stock Exchange, on its development and privatization strategy.[5] In 2001, he returned to Italy where he set the Rome office up. In 2006, Raffaele Cicala joined the Unicredit Group, his former client[6] he assisted for many years with its international growth strategy. While there, he occupied a number of positions before becoming Executive Vice-President, and obtaining seat on the Group's Executive Management Committee and on the Executive Committee for the retail banking branch as head of the Unicredit Group Household Financing Division.[7] In 2010, he published a report, "Rapporto sul Credito alle Famiglie" ("Report on Credit to Households"),[8] on the evolution of customer profiles in the consumer credit market in Italy. In 2011, he was appointed CEO of the LaSer Group,[9] a joint venture of Galeries Lafayette and BNP-Paribas Personal Finance,[10] a leading player in the consumer credit market and a provider of services to large retailers.[11] In December 2012, Raffaele Cicala, in collaboration with several enterprises, created the Manège de Chaillot Trust Fund, with the objective of providing support to create and stage productions for the Théâtre National de Chaillot in Paris (Chaillot National Theatre). He was elected Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Manège du Chaillot Trust Fund.[12]
Functions and offices
edit- CEO, LaSer
- CEO, LaSer Cofinoga
- Member of Executive Committee, Galeries Lafayette group
- Member of the Board, Solfea Bank
- CEO, Sygma Banque
- Chairman, LaSer Loyalty
- Permanent representative of LaSer on the Supervisory Board of Xange Capital
- Member of the board, LaSer Nederland BV
- Member of the board, Ekspresbank
- Member of the board, LaSer Nordic Services
- Chairman of the Board of Directors, Manège de Chaillot
Books
edit- Consommation année zéro, les new deals du consommateur, Le cherche-midi, May 2014[13]
References
edit- ^ Les Echos (15 September 2013). "Raffaele Cicala : "?Comme un coup dans l?estomac?"". lesechos.fr. Retrieved 29 April 2014.
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2011-06-26. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ "Worldwide Who's Who Names Raffaele Cicala, CEO,Executive of the Year in Finance". 24-7pressrelease.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Raffaele Cicala, directeur général de Laser..." lsa-conso.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Warsaw Business Journal - Online Portal - wbj.pl". wbj.pl. Archived from the original on 2014-03-08. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ ">> Difesa, Boston Consulting Group Notizie su Difesa, Boston Consulting Group pubblicate da Radiocor". archivio-radiocor.ilsole24ore.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Raffaele Cicala: Executive Profile & Biography - Businessweek". investing.businessweek.com. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Interventi : Italiani e credito: ecco cosa è cambiato - UniNews". uninews.unicredit.eu. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ e-marketing 2014. All rights reserved. William Ramarques. "Raffaele Cicala, le nouveau dg de LaSer - e-marketing.fr". e-marketing.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link) - ^ "LaSer Cofinoga : le retour en forme divise les actionnaires". lefigaro.fr. 23 December 2013. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Raffaele Cicala: " Nous ne sentons pas du tout la reprise de la croissance " | L'Opinion". lopinion.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "LaSer | Théâtre National de Chaillot". theatre-chaillot.fr. Retrieved 2014-04-29.
- ^ "Les nouveaux ressorts de la consommation". July 2014.