Paolo Gonano was born in 1960 and graduated with a degree in Business
Administration, subsequently completing his MBA at SDA Bocconi.
Since November 2001 he has headed the Directory Assistance Division and is responsible for
managing, developing and coordinating Seat’s activities in this sector in Italy and abroad through
the subsidiary Telegate (he is on Telegate’s Board of Directors).
He joined Seat in February 1999, when he was appointed to head the newly established
Strategies and Investor Relations Division, which later became the Strategies and Corporate
Relations Division when it was extended to include the Press Office. This Division is the point of
reference of developing the business of the Seat Group through external lines, and it also handles
financial information for the community of investors and the media.
After graduating from college, he also worked as a consultant with the Boston Consulting
Group, later joining Piaggio V.E. SpA, where he was head of Strategic Planning and then of
Industrial Vehicle Marketing.