Stephen Lucchini, chief institutional affairs and external communications officer of Intesa Sanpaolo, Was appointed president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy (AmCham), a non-profit organization affiliated with the Washington DC Chamber of Commerce, which includes 117 American Chambers of Commerce in 103 countries and more than 3 million member businesses.
Lucchini was elected during the 109th annual meeting of members and succeeds lawyer Luca Arnaboldi, who completed his mandate at the top of the non-profit organization.
The new AmCham board
In addition to Lucchini, they were elected to the deputy vice presidency Luca Franzi (Aon) and vice-presidency Elena Alberti (Penske Automotive), Laura Galli (3M Italy) e Stefano Rebattoni (IBM Italy). Maricla Pennesi (Andersen Tax & Legal Italia) has been appointed treasurer.
The AmCham board includes new advisors such as Angelo Puca (Upcm), Nicolò Mardegan (Enel), Fiorella Passoni (Edelman Italy), Massimo Petrone (Petrone Group) and Thomas Smitham (Leonardo). While between the members already present there are Giorgia Favaro (McDonald's Development Italy), Mauro Macchi (Accenture), Marco Piccitto (McKinsey) and Paola Pirotta (Medtronic Italy).
“We are honored to have Stefano Lucchini as the new president of AmCham to whom I extend my personal best wishes and those of our entire business community. Heartfelt thanks to the outgoing president Luca Arnaboldi, for his dedication and commitment throughout his mandate" commented Simone Crolla, managing director of AmCham Italy.
Crolla: “AmCham strategic fulcrum for US-Italy relations”
“This year too AmCham Italy has achieved important objectives which allow us to be very satisfied” explained Crolla. "More and more AmCham is proving to be a strategic fulcrum in relations between Italy and the United States, increasing the quality of its membership base, helping Italian companies to consciously face the American market, developing proposals and policy papers, thanks to the work of its 18 think tanks. Of the 589 companies currently associated, 62 have joined our organization since last June and 28 only in 2024."
The role of AmCham Italy, continues Crolla, is “strategic, at the service not only of businesses but also of support from institutions. We will strengthen the commitment to the protection of strategic assets from a transatlantic perspective by continuing to monitor all operations involving strategic Italian assets with the possible entry of foreign operators, we will expand advocacy activities in favor of building partnerships on these operations with American investors, capable to encourage growth and protect Italy's international positioning”.
AmCham which, concludes Crolla “there will be no lack of support for Italian companies with expansion projects towards the USA, largely implemented through the promotion of SelectUsa and the organization of joint events with the territorial Confindustria to promote investment opportunities in the United States".
