Giovanni Atti  

● Born at Cavriana (Mantova) Italy on Jan 29th January 1944
● Married with Silvana Varesi a former teacher of Latin and ancient Greek languages
●Foster Parent of Giovanni, a 16 year old boy born in Italy from Ghanaian parents
● Address: 2 Sambrasca Road 28053 Castelletto S. Ticino (Novara) Italy
Telephone + 39 0331 971049 mobile + 39 347 7141283
e-mail address: attiadaci@libero.it
● University Degree: Sociology (19 examinations in Economics)
● Over 40 years of working experience in six different National and International
Organisations
● Past President of the Italian Association of Purchasing & Supply Management, Member
of the Council of the International Federation of Purchasing and Supply Management
(within IFPSM he has covered the positions of Deputy President and Chairman of the
Education Committee).
● Teacher at national and international conferences and summits, university masters.
● Writer of articles, studies and researches. Recently he has written the book on ‘Category
Management in the Retail and Manufacturing Industry’
Working Experiences
● 1964 AlfaRomeo (automotive industry)
buyer of raw materials – Junior I.T. programmer for buying processes
● 1968 Unilever Italy (food industry)
Junior System Analyst
● 1969 AlfaRomeo AlfaSud
Purchasing Manager for casting, forgings and raw materials
● 1971 TRW Italy (automotive industry – mass production of steering gears)
Materials Manager
●1973 British Leyland Italy (automotive industry)
Deputy Procurement Director and Assistant to the Managing Director for the
launch of the Mini90 and Mini120 car models
● 1975 Siai Marchetti (aircraft industry – light training aircrafts)
Procurement Director
● 1985 Agusta and AgustaWestland (helicopter industry)
Procurement Director of Agusta
Sales Executive of the EH101 Helicopter
Head of Procurement Governance & Control at AgustaWestland
Chairman of the Procurement Integration Committee (Italy, UK and USA)
Assistant to the CEO and Managing Director for the Purchasing Agreements
relevant to the BA609 Programme, the tilt rotor developed in joint-venture by
AgustaWestland and Bell Helicopter.
● Retired from July 2009