Gragnano, May Culture Award 2025 to Cristina Scocchia
A particularly anticipated and evocative moment, which closes the rich review of Maggio della Cultura, of the City of Gragnano. Events of particular artistic, social and cultural importance, which culminated this Friday 30 May by welcoming Dr. Cristina Scocchia , one of the top managerial figures in Europe , CEO of illycaffè and member of the Board of Directors of Essilor Luxottica, to the Auditorium of the Liceo “Don Lorenzo Milani” at 12:30.
Born in a small town in Liguria, Dr. Scocchia first built her career abroad at Procter & Gamble, reaching the top of International Operations with the supervision of its brand in over seventy countries, and then being chosen to lead L'Oréal Italia. In 2017, she was at the top of Kiko. With her, the cosmetics brand grew in new markets and doubled its profitability. Mother of Riccardo, she is a convinced supporter of meritocracy and of responsible, ethical and inclusive leadership that replaces power perspectives with a mindset based on values and people. Today, vision is no longer enough to face scenarios that are constantly changing and full of ever-new critical issues; it is necessary to work as a team both in companies and in the country system, so as not to be left behind.
Mayor D'Auria: “It is a source of particular joy to welcome Dr. Scocchia to Gragnano, a highly successful manager with important teaching messages, especially for young people. Values such as sacrifice, dedication, inclusiveness, merit and female empowerment are highly distinctive characteristics of Cristina Scocchia”. D'Auria continues: “It is precisely because of these characteristics, and for the important example she gives to young people, also represented in the story described in her book, that we decided to award the Maggio della Cultura Award to Dr. Scocchia, because the positivity of the ethical message, at the basis of the best cultural initiatives, in her case is strong, engaging, constructive and special”.
The speaker of the talk was Nicola Ruocco, known for his literary salon “Gli Incontri di Valore”, who collaborated in the initiative: “I have the enormous pleasure of welcoming Cristina Scocchia to a new talk, this time even more special, both because it is in Gragnano, the world capital of Pasta and my hometown, and because Cristina will be the recipient of an award that has had illustrious predecessors, including the latest in chronological order Renzo Rosso”. Ruocco continues: “Talking about Cristina Scocchia is always a great emotion, since she is an authentic witness of a certain sensitivity to values, which translates into terms of managing as the ability to inspire, create a team, and promote skills and abilities. In short, a new precious and innovative concept of leadership”.
The Headmaster of the “Don Lorenzo Milani” High School in Gragnano, which hosted the event, Prof. Francesco Fuschillo: “We are very honored to receive one of the most important CEOs in the Italian business scene, she who also sits on the Board of Directors of Essilor Luxottica expressly desired by Leonardo Del Vecchio. It will certainly be an enriching moment for the entire Don Milani Community for the message she will leave to our girls and boys”.
The Premio Maggio della Cultura, from the point of view of awards, is also intertwined with names of absolute excellence in the national artistic panorama. In fact, there were two awards in this edition: a sculptural work by Maestro Domenico Sepe , a signature of absolute excellence in the panorama of Italian sculpture, particularly famous for his works in bronze of great emotional sensitivity; and again, Maestro Francesco Fiscardi , among the greatest talents of contemporary painting, who created for the occasion a painting inspired by Hsi Ling Shi, the legendary Chinese empress who was the first to discover the precious fabric of silk, a highly evocative and iconographic message.
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