Stefano Rosa Uliana is the new CEO of Calligaris Group, living and dining furniture worldwide market leader, which develops, manufactures and distributes its products through the three Calligaris, Connubia and Ditre brands with a network of over 640 stores in over 100 countries.
Stefano Rosa Uliana
The appointment is part of the path that brought to the recent perfection of the takeover of the Calligaris Group’s majority shareholding by Alpha Private Equity 7, which was announced last August and resulted in the Fund’s and the Calligaris family’s desire to further strengthen the worldwideleadershiprole – the Calligaris familykeeps a 20% shareholding of the Group.
The Calligaris Group in the 2017 fiscal year, closed with a consolidated turnover of about 140 million Euros, a 7% growth compared to the previous fiscal year and an EBITDA of about 23 million.
Fifty-one years old, from Friuli, Stefano Rosa Uliana graduated in engineering at Trieste University. He worked for over fifteen years in the electrical appliances business, ten of which in Electrolux both in Italy and in the Austrian and Swiss branches.
In 2005 he moved to Mexico when he was appointed as Managing Director forElica America– American subsidiary of Elica S.p.A., leader in the production of cooker hoods.
Stefano Rosa Uliana, appointed to ensure continuity toCalligaris’ international expansion project, was already part of the group as General Director of the US branch from 2010 to 2015. As Managing Director of North America and Latin America markets, he gave a strong boost to the internationalization of the Group, thanks also to his experience in developing new markets for major multinational corporation companies also through acquisitions.
In his role of new CEO, Mr. Rosa Uliana, with the support of the shareholders, will pursue with determination the organic and acquisition growth plan with the goal to widen Calligaris’ offer with more furniture products and to enter the distribution channels adjacent to the currently guarded ones, using the production and sales synergies as leverage.