Gioacchino del Balzo di Presenzano

Sales, Marketing and Communication,Special PR Events Organization, Information Technology, Web Design, Management and Strategy Planning, Projects Evaluation and Contractor.

                                                                                                                      
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Biography

Dr.Gioacchino del Balzo is born in Naples, Italy in 1945. He graduated with a doctorate degree in Economics and Trade (Economia e Commercio ) from the University of Naples in 1969 (Università di Napoli – Facoltà di Economia e Commercio .) His career has involved very senior responsibilities in the Marketing/ Sales and Diplomatic sectors working in several countries. He is fluent in English, French , Italian, Spanish and German. Upon University graduation he began working in the export sector of his own family agri-business venture (row crops, orchards and fruit processing). Dr. del Balzo joined IBM where he worked between 1971 and 1982 in Sales Operation in Italy, the United States and France, becoming General Manager responsible for Sales supervision, co-ordination and business control for operations in Spain, Portugal, Turkey and Greece.

Gioacchino del Balzo then moved to Pirelli where he worked in Italy in Sales and Marketing and as Country Manager in Canada, USA , Switzerland and Austria. Then he joined Germany as Product Director and the United Kingdom, where he held the position of Marketing Director until 1998. From 1999 he was a Business Consultant for leading multinational companies and he was Executive Producer and Editor of the Pirelli Calendars from 1993 to 2011. In addition to the above responsibilities, Dr. del Balzo was also appointed member of the board of directors of the Juniors Federation of Italian Industry (Confindustria -Giovani ) and member of the board of directors of the Consortium of the Industrial Area of Fiumicino, Rome between 1979 and 1982.

From 1979 to 1984 , Dr del Balzo had also an Honorary Assignment with the Sovereign Order of Malta to the Italian Government , was appointed Diplomatic Chargé d’Affaires and helped to coordinate and organize all aid activities during the Southern Italy Earthquake disaster in 1981, as well also Medical Assistance Coordination to African Countries, in 1982 he was decorated by the then President of the Italian Republic, Mr Pertini to reward his engagement. In October 2004 during his Consulting Activity with the Telecom Group was appointed Coordinator of the Luna Rossa Project , the Telecom /Prada Challenge Race of the America’s Cup.

From 2012 had a Consulting Assignment with a Leading Marketing and Communication Company : the Acciari Consulting Group. From 2016 is a Free Lance Business Consultant.

Consulting

The foundation of Dr. del Balzo Free Lance Consulting activity , started in 1998 , was the broad international marketing and public relation experience developed over the years , covering several managerial and operational roles. Initially at IBM and then later in the Pirelli Group , while he also hold a prestigiuos ad honorem activity with the Sovereign Military Order of Malta.. One very visible achievement of his marketing and communication activity performed in Pirelli , has been the relaunching , in 1993, of the famous Pirelli Calendar, developed under his responsibility , of which he has maintained a Coordination role for the Creativity and Production up to 2011. He has worked closely with the most prestigious Photographers (R.Avedon, B.Weber, P.Lindberg, H.Ritts , M.Testino , A.Leibovitz ….) Today he is still a Free Consultant to several Laeding International Companies.

Contact me

Find me at:
info@delbalzo.net
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www.delbalzo.net