Giordano Emo Capodilista - Vice President
Graduated in Political Science, he leads a mainly wine-growing farm in the province of Padua (Veneto).
He was President of Anga Padova, President of Confagricoltura Padova and President of Consorzio Vini Colli Euganei Doc. He was Deputy Vice President of Confagricoltura Veneto.
Sandro Gambuzza - Vice President
He leads a horticultural and olive-growing farm in the province of Ragusa (Sicily).
He was president of Confagricoltura Ragusa and President of the Ragusa Chamber of Commerce.
He is a member of the board of SAC spa (Catania international airport) and of CNEL.
Luca Brondelli di Brondello – Vice President
He leads a cereal farm, winery and agri-tourism business in Serralunga di Crea in the Monferrato area, in the province of Alessandria (Piedmont).
He is president of Enapra, the training body of Confagricoltura.
Filippo Schiavone
He runs a cereal farm in Apulia. President of Confagricoltura Foggia, former vice-president of Anga Young Farmers and current member of the Board of Directors of CAAF Imprese; he is vice-president of OP COCECA, Organization of Cereal Producers and member of the Board of the Chamber of Commerce of Foggia.
Lamberto Frescobaldi
President of the homonymous wine company located in Tuscany. Since 2002, he has been President of the Vigneti di Nugola company (in Livorno), the result of the joint venture between the Marchi and Frescobaldi families. Since 2005 he has been Managing Director and President of ‘Tenute di CastelGiocondo e di Luce della Vite’, specializing in the production of Brunello di Montalcino. In 2007 he was appointed Academician of the Georgofili; he is also President of the Italian Wine Union.
Nicola Gherardi
He runs a cereal farm in the Ferrara area. Former President of Confagricoltura Ferrara and Vice President of Confagricoltura Emilia-Romagna. He is president of Confagricoltura Ferrara's Tenant Farmers Union. Member of the Board of Directors of the Ferrara Chamber of Commerce, ANB COOP Soc. Agr. S.p.A. and ENAMA. He is also president of the F.lli Navarra Foundation for Agriculture and from the end of 2023 president of ANB (national beet growers association).
Alberto Statti
As agricultural entrepreneur, he runs several companies in Lamezia Terme in the province of Catanzaro (Calabria), including ‘Agricola Lenti Società Cooperativa’ and ‘Cantine Statti’. He has been President of Confagricoltura Calabria since 2011 and has been reconfirmed until December 2023. He has held various positions, including that of member of the Catanzaro Chamber of Commerce Council and Vice President of the Calabria Regional Breeders' Association.
Cesare Soldi
Agricultural entrepreneur with a degree in Mechanical Engineering, owner of a cereal farm in Cremona (Lombardy). Since 2023 he has been President of the ProvincialXof Cremona; since 2017 he has been President of the Italian Corn Growers Association (of Treviso-Cremona) and since 2018 also Secretary General of the European Confederation of Corn Producers.
Paolo Mele
Agricultural entrepreneur. Since 1985, together with a shareholder, he has been administrator of the farm ‘Sa Marigosa snc’, based in Riola Sardo in the upper Oristano area (Sardinia) and, since 2008, President of the fruit and vegetable OP ‘Sa Marigosa’. He has always been a member of Confagricoltura, where he has held various positions: President of the Oristano provincialXand, since 2021, President of Confagricoltura Sardegna.