Candiani (Microsoft) derails from the Railways. Why?
Facts and rumors about the resignation of Silvia Candiani, ceo of Microsoft Italy, from the position of director of the Railways
On 3 June, the board of directors of Ferrovie dello Stato Italiane, meeting under the chairmanship of Nicoletta Giadrossi, appointed Luigi Ferraris as CEO for the three-year period 2021-2023.
The new board of directors, after the meeting of 26 May which voted on the list presented by the shareholder Ministry of Economy (totalitarian shareholder of the parent company Fs), is also composed of Pietro Bracco, Stefano Cuzzilla, Alessandra Bucci and Riccardo Barbieri Hermitte ( in this Start article all the profiles of the directors, in some cases also indicated by the parties of the majority as well as those expressing the Treasury).
But the news of the day is another: as stated in the press release from the Railways, "Silvia Candiani resigned from the office of director, having better assessed the type and degree of commitment that will be required within the new Board of Directors to the three years with respect to his / her managerial activity in the company to which he / she belongs. The Board of Directors has mandated the President to call the Shareholders' Meeting to proceed with the appointment of the new director ”.
Candiani is no small name. He is the CEO of Microsoft Italia, the Italian branch of the US giant, and for this reason – as Start pointed out a few days ago at the time of the appointment – at risk of potential conflict of interest given that the Microsoft group is the supplier of the Italian Railways.
According to ministerial indiscretions, Candiani intended to keep the leadership of Microsoft – also because the Treasury had not solicited it at all – but there were subsequent wishes to sever the link with the US giant and obviously Candiani preferred to resign as FS adviser.
Mf / Milano Finanza wrote : "The rumors circulating on the market, all to be verified, refer to the fact that in this three-year period, having well managed 28 billion from the Pnrr for the strengthening of the railway network and the improvement of services, the group has to start various tenders for the procurement of technology and for the computerization part. And in this sense, Candiani's role as top manager in FS could have risked some profile of conflict of interest ”.
In the majority circles, however, there remain questions and amazements for the role of Microsoft manager inserted by the government in commissions and ministerial committees ( here the in-depth analysis of Startmag.it )
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/primo-piano/candiani-microsoft-deraglia-dalle-ferrovie-come-mai/ on Fri, 04 Jun 2021 09:19:50 +0000.