Marco Gay takes over from Giorgio Marsiaj including new president of the Industrial Union of Turin. The general council of the association has chosen to rely on a leader in the digital sector to outline future territorial strategies. Gay he was elected with 53 votes out of 55 (two abstentions). For the next four years, he will take over from Marsiaj, owner of Sabelt, a company specializing in automotive safety systems.
Never was the changing of the guard less surprising: Gay's name had long been considered the most accredited, so much so that he was the only candidate for the highest seat on Via Fanti. However, this appointment also represents a significant generational "revolution". Gay, 48, is executive chairman of Z, the main Italian group for innovation and venture capital in digital startups. Currently president of Confindustria Piemonte, previously led Anitec-Assinform and the Young Entrepreneurs of Confindustria. He was a member of the board of directors of Sun 24 Hours and the Luiss Guido Carli University and participates in various mentoring and training initiatives.
Gay's appointment represents the first step in the process of renewing the association's top management. The 25nd June, the general council will meet again to allow the newly elected president to present and put to the vote the his presidential team. Subsequently, the 15th July, as foreseen by the statute, the general assembly, meeting in private form, will proceed to theformal election of Gay and the vice presidents for the four-year period 2024-2028.
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“I am honored and excited by this first important step towards the presidency of the Turin Industrial Union, for us 'the Union. I thank the three wise men, Licia Mattioli, Gianfranco Carbonato, Dario Gallina for the precious work done, my colleagues for the trust they have shown in me, and the president Giorgio Marsiaj for what he has done and will do - he said Gay speaking to the general council -. Important economic and social challenges await us. I am certain that Turin companies will be an engine of growth, development and well-being, and an accelerator of opportunities, capable of continuing to compete and of creating and attracting new industrial and technological excellence – he added – we are a firm point in addressing the changes, because Turin is a melting pot of industry and knowledge capable of attracting talents who want to compete every day on a national and international level. My main commitment will be to involve our associates in this project, together with a strong and capable team."
In closing one's experience, Marsiaj wanted to draw a brief assessment of these years: "I conclude my mandate with the satisfaction of having served the city's entrepreneurial system without reservations in one of the most delicate phases of the country's recent economic history, which has put the resilience of our companies. Unione Industriali Torino has always been at their side and together we have crossed a treacherous ford. But we came out of it with determination, facing the challenges of the great global changes underway with the awareness of having what it takes to consolidate Turin's role as a leading manufacturing and technological hub in Europe. I leave a solid, authoritative Turin Industrial Union that has grown in the number of members, thanks also to a first-rate structure, to which I express my gratitude for the precious work carried out alongside me", explained the now former president of the Turin industrialists.
