Flavio Cattaneo

Flavio Cattaneo (born 27 June 1963) is an Italian manager and entrepreneur. Since 2023, he has been CEO and General Manager of Enel and vice chair of Endesa. He is also a member of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali.

Career

Education, early career and professional experience at Rai

A graduate in architecture from the Polytechnic University of Milan, Cattaneo received a specialisation in business finance and management in the real estate sector at SDA Bocconi School of Management. From 1989 to 1998 he served as CEO of various Italian companies in the building and real estate sectors. From 1998 to 2001, Cattaneo was director of several energy companies, including AEM S.p.A. (now A2A) as deputy chairman, in which he was in charge of the gas distribution activities in the northeast of Italy as CEO of Triveneta Gas S.p.A. and Seneca Gas S.p.A. From 1999 to 2003, he was chairman and CEO of Fiera Milano S.p.A., the leading exhibition group in Italy, of which he oversaw its stock listing in 2001. Before the IPO, he followed the spin-off between the institutional activities of the foundation and the market activities in charge of the S.p.A., which expanded internationally with an increase of its international presence in over 30 countries.

From 2003 to 2005 Cattaneo was nominated general director of Rai. He was the youngest managing director of RAI S.p.A., the Italian public service broadcaster. The next year, under his leadership, the company gained its highest revenue ever.