Chief Strategic Officer: Giovanni Cariolato

GDS Group, Vicenza, Italy

Giovanni Cariolato is President and CEO of the Group. Using his experience and foresight, he is responsible for defining the mission and for strategic planning across GDS's business units. He has a global vision of markets involved and is able to transform market gaps in to opportunities. Giovanni was the founder of CA&G in 1979 and together with Maurice Cohen, founder of Emco Electronics, they formed the GDS Group in 2001.