Healthcare >> CEO Interviews >> July 3, 2000
UMBERTO ROSA is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of SNIA SpA. He
graduated in Chemistry, and joined FIAT Nuclear Division in 1959,
working as a member of the research teams in several Research Centers in
Italy and abroad (SORIN/Saluggia, LFC/CNR Pisa, CEA/Saclay). In 1967,
he obtained a PhD in Radiochemistry. In 1973, he was in charge of
converting the FIAT Nuclear Research Center (SORIN) into an industrial
company, operating in the biomedical field (artificial organs,
diagnostic reagents) of which he became Managing Director (1975) then
CEO (1980). Through the acquisition of SORIN by the SNIA Group, first he
became member of the Managing Committee, than CEO in 1990 and Chairman
in 1996. Mr Rosa is Chairman of IPA (the National Institute for the
Environmental Technologies) from 1996. He is also a Director of Air
Liquide Italia SpA, Istituto Europeo di Oncologia (IEO) SpA and of
Fondazione San Raffaele. He serves as Chairman of Istituto per
l'Ambiente and Vice Chairman of Federchimica. He has been on the Board
of Confindustria, with responsibility for research, technological
innovation and environmental issues. In 1997 he received the Legion
d'Honneur from the President of France. Profile
history about the formation of the company and its development to date.
Mr. Rosa: The company was created 83 years ago in
