Overview of the year
Repower promotes cooperation between Switzerland and Italy
September
As chairman of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Italy, Fabio Bocchiola, the Head of Repower Italy, hosted a business dialogue at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome.
On 10 June 2021, the Swiss Chamber’s general assembly elected Fabio Bocchiola, Head of Repower Italy, as the new chairman of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Italy. Fabio Bocchiola has been a member of the Swiss Chamber’s board of directors since 2009, representing Repower on the advisory board. He succeeds Barbara Hoepli, chair of the board of directors of the Milan-based publishing house Ulrico Hoepli.
Fabio Bocchiola: “I’m fully behind the values and mission of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Italy. The chamber has managed to become an important reference point in relations between the two countries by supporting companies in their business and cultural endeavours and promoting growth and dialogue between Italian and Swiss businesses.”
“The Swiss Chamber of Commerce has managed to become an important reference point in relations between the two countries.”
Fabio Bocchiola, Head of Repower Italy
The Swiss Chamber, which boasts more than 400 members, has been working to promote economic relations between the two countries for over 100 years. To this end it offers a wide range of services, from integrated marketing and communications to tax and legal advice. It also runs the Spazio Eventi congress centre and the Swiss Corner exhibition and event venue which it built in the heart of Milan.
In Fabio Bocchiola’s first half year as chairman saw the launch of a number of initiatives, and various opportunities were offered for dialogue between institutions and countries. Worthy of special mention is the twelfth edition of the annual business dialogue between Switzerland and Italy on 16 September last at the Italian Foreign Ministry in Rome. The event brought together the most important actors from the two countries, including the Swiss State Secretariat for Economic Affairs, the Italian Ministry of Economic Development and various private actors and representatives of the regional authorities. The meeting was used as an occasion to take stock of many topics of common interest and identify new areas for cooperation, also in light of the huge potential offered by Italy’s recovery and resilience plan. The contribution of the Swiss Chamber of Commerce in Italy was particularly appreciated: the newly elected chairman used concrete examples and recommendations for action to describe the challenges facing Swiss companies that operate in Italy or would like to invest there.