Laura Gabrielli is the new President of Magazzini Gabrielli SpA. The appointment took place during the shareholders' meeting on April 29. Alongside the new President, Luciano, Luca and Roberta Gabrielli and the two external directors Roberto Masi (Vice President) and Giuseppe Mondavi will sit on the Board of Directors.
Laura Gabrielli, born in 73, married with three children, graduated in business economics from Bocconi University in Milan, has been a member of the board of directors of Magazzini Gabrielli since 2002 and for ten years, from 2014 to today, she was also CEO of the subsidiary FG Gallerie Commerciali Spa.
“I am honoured,” she said. Laura Gabrielli – of this new role that will see me at the helm of the family business.”
English: "I am fully aware of the importance of the role I will be taking on and my commitment will be to work to ensure a future for Magazzini Gabrielli. A new phase in the life of the company is beginning, but my appointment is in the name of continuity, having received the baton from my father and still being able to count on him on the board of directors in addition to my two cousins and the two external directors who have been working with the group for years and who will bring expertise and strategic vision. With the new governance, we intend to continue to pursue the objectives of consolidation and growth, having economic, social and environmental sustainability as the main driver. We are and want to continue to be a business that grows in its own territory, with the territory. We have a duty to enhance the great heritage that we have built over the years, operating in a healthy way to overcome the challenges that the market poses us and continuing to place people at the center of every corporate choice. Our stores are the places where we can offer our customers assortments and services every day to make the shopping experience increasingly unique. Exalting the products of our land and offering quality and freshness will continue to be among our main strategic objectives and we will do so by focusing more and more on our commercial brand Consilia and on our lines Selezione Qualità and Fatti Buoni. From today, I take on a great, new responsibility, on the one hand towards the members who nominated me and on the other towards our 3 collaborators. My commitment will also be maximum towards everything that revolves around Magazzini Gabrielli”.
The meeting that ratified the appointment of the new top management of the company also approved the Budget for the 2023 financial year.
Magazzini Gabrielli has just closed an extraordinary year in terms of results. The turnover, equal to 1,096 billion euros, he passed it, for the first time in history, the billion euro threshold, with a growth of 23,35% compared to the previous year with a net profit that grew by 53.80% and is equal to 34,228 million euros.
EBITDA reached 77,9 million euros, corresponding to 7,1% of turnover. The retail structure, between direct and indirect, It is made up of 320 points of sale present in the five regions of Marche, Abruzzo, Molise, Umbria and Lazio with the brands Oasi, Tigre and Tigre Amico.
The development of the commercial network, during 2023, was also characterized by the acquisition of over fifty Coop-branded stores in Rome and the province. The entry into the Selex Group, the first Italian purchasing center for large-scale distribution, which took place three years ago, proved to be a winning choice.
