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Giovanni Barra

Energizer · DISC type I
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📍 Italy

Giovanni Barra is a hands-on international CEO with over a decade of C-level experience leading large, multinational teams in the automotive and industrial sectors. He specializes in process reengineering and coaching management teams to improve long-term profitability. He holds an MBA from the Fiat/Isvor Group.

Giovanni is fluent in Italian, English, and Portuguese, and has managed operations and manufacturing plants across China, India, Europe, and North and South America.

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Experience
39 Years
Current Role
Bio being updated
Location
Italy
Personality Overview

How Giovanni shows up

Informal
Relationship Oriented
Big Picture Person

They are always positive and upbeat, so take their promises with a pinch of salt. They are not always early adopters but can be pursuaded by leveraging strong relationships. They are really good at seeing what the long-term impacts of their decisions could be.

Priorities

Topics Giovanni cares about

Multinational Leadership
Has extensive experience building, leading, and growing large multi-cultural and multi-national teams for global corporations in the USA, Brazil, and Italy.
Process Reengineering
Lists process reengineering and improving the bottom line/EBIT as key specialties in his professional background.
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Career

Work history

1-2021
Bio being updated
In Progress
11-2018 - 12-2020
Chief Executive Officer
Sila Group
4-2018 - 10-2018
President and Chief Officer
Hyva Capital Equipment
8-2013 - 3-2018
Chief Executive Officer
Nidec-ASI, formerly Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali
4-2011 - 8-2013
Executive Chairman; Member of Boards of Directors
Two Care, Medical Implants and Tooling
In the press

Media appearances

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Education
1990 - 1990
Financial Services Course
SDA Bocconi
1995 - 1995
Business Administration
Fiat/Isvor Group MBA
Social presence
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Behavioral profile

DISC profile (public)

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Influence (I)

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