Andrea Guerra approaches Palazzo Chigi. In fact, the former CEO of Luxottica has decided to accept the government's offer, which will lead him to become the strategic adviser to Prime Minister Matteo Renzi (without compensation), even if a decree from the Prime Minister will be needed for the appointment. and will not receive any compensation.
Guerra's task, which represents a novelty in the Italian panorama, will above all be that of making connections with the Italian and foreign entrepreneurial and corporate world. In short, doing what he does best, and using his ten-year experience in the company to help the Government resolve various burning issues, such as, for example, that of Ilva.
Indeed, one of the hottest dossiers on the table of the former CEO of Luxottica is that of the steel mill, an intricate situation to which the government will seek a solution in the coming days, starting with tomorrow's summit.
As mentioned, Guerra's role as adviser to the premier represents, has few precedents in our panorama, while such figures have often existed in the United States, from Harry L. Hopkins, adviser to Roosevelt, up to the president of Google Eric Schmidt, involved in the Obama administration.
A problem to be solved, in the short term, could be that of a possible conflict of interest, since, in any case, the CEO of Luxottica (and even before that of Merloni domestic appliances) does not intend to abandon his career at the company, and is therefore destined to re-enter the ranks of a bg in the sector within the next few months.
On Renzi's part, the choice of a man like Guerra comes as no surprise: the relationship between the two dates back to the times when the prime minister was mayor of Florence. Guerra, in addition to having participated in the days of the Leopolda from 2012 to 2014, had promoted, with Luxottica, a private welfare model that goes alongside the public one, starting with support for the studies of the children of employees.
