Giacomo Casassa was born in 1952 and joined SEAT in 1973,
working for the Publishing Sector, where he initially handled production planning and product
development. He was then appointed head of production lines, becoming Director of Operations in
1989. In 2000 he was also put in charge of managing corporate purchasing.
He graduated from the University of Turin with a degree in Business
Administration in 1980 and completed his specialisation in business management in 1994 at CEDEP in
Fontainebleau.