Gardini Maurizio

Maurizio Gardini is President of Confcooperative

Born in Forlì on 13 December 1959, the town where he currently lives, he is married and has two children.
Professional background and key roles

On 31 January 2013, he was elected President of Confcooperative, the leading organisation representing Italian cooperatives, with 17,000 member enterprises.
Since 2000, he has been at the helm of Italy’s leading agri-food co-operative: Conserve Italia, which operates in the fruit and vegetable processing sector, with production and marketing facilities in Italy and abroad (total turnover in excess of 1 billion euros). Conserve Italia owns historic ‘Made in Italy’ brands such as Cirio, Valfrutta, Yoga, Derby Blue and Jolly Colombani. 540,000 employees, 3.1 million members and a turnover of 81 billion euros.
From 2009 to 2013, he served as President of Fedagri-Confcooperative, the federation representing 3,500 agri-food cooperatives, which generate a total turnover of 26 billion euros.
From 1996 to January 2013, he served as President of Confcooperative Emilia Romagna (1,800 cooperatives, 280,000 members and a turnover of 12.5 billion euros), having previously headed the regional agricultural committee.
He is President of Fondosviluppo S.p.A., a company dedicated to the development and promotion of the cooperative movement.
He is Chairman of the Cassa dei Risparmi di Forlì Foundation.
Finally, he holds positions within leading fruit and vegetable co-operative organisations in Emilia-Romagna: Agrintesa and Apo Conerpo, the largest association of fruit and vegetable producers in Italy, of which he is a member of the Board of Directors.

Education and training.

In 1983, he obtained a degree in Agricultural Sciences from the Faculty of Agriculture at the University of Bologna.
He is a member of the National Academy of Agriculture in Bologna.