Natuzzi Names CEO

June 4, 2008  by in UnCategorized   

By Home Furnishings Business in Merchandising on June 2008 Aldo Uva has been named CEO of Natuzzi, Italy’s largest furniture company, effective in July.

Uva was global vice president, beverages, at Nestle, based at the company’s headquarters in Switzerland. He was in charge of a strategic reorganization of Nestle’s beverage business. Prior to Nestle, he held executive positions with Italian- and U.S.-based companies such as Sara Lee, Parmalat and Indesit. At Parmalat, he worked on a reorganization of the business in North and Central America from 1999 to 2001, and at Sara Lee, he oversaw a reengineering of the company’s coffee business in North America from 2003 to 2005.

Chairman Pasquale Natuzzi, the company’s majority shareholder, said, “I had the opportunity on several occasions to meet Aldo Uva and do appreciate his outstanding human and professional qualities. (He) has managed some projects of strategic importance within very different companies and business contests.”

The company’s previous CEO, Ernesto Greco, served just over a year before resigning for personal and professional reasons.