Press  SEAT new headquarters

Turin,  2005-12-20

New structure for the Sales Business Area of Seat Pagine Gialle S.p.A.

Upon proposal by CEO Luca Majocchi, the Board of Directors of SEAT Pagine Gialle approved the restructuring of the sales business area of SEAT Pagine Gialle S.p.A., which — as of January 1, 2006 — will be organised as follows:

- The Telephone Sales Division will include the telephone sales activities that are currently performed by the Business and Telephone Sales Division. This is aimed at further developing this sales channel, consisting of more than 150 employees specialised in the telephone channel. The head of the new Division will be Antonio Macrillò, currently head of the Italian Market Area of the Directory Assistance Division (to which the 89.24.24 Pronto PagineGialle and 12.40 Pronto PagineBianche services report);

-The Business Sales Division will focus on reinforcing the development of the business and the 1800-strong Seat salesforce. It will be headed by Paolo Cellini, currently head of the Internet Division. Cellini has gained significant experience in the management of complex sales networks over the past few years as Managing Director of the Buffetti Group.

- The Kompass Business Unit will include the operations and the resources of the various Kompass product lines. It will be headed by Giovanni Caporello who, over the past two years, successfully led the Business and Telephone Sales Division in its transition to an increasingly effective sales model. The new structure will further enhance and develop the highly specialised offering and sales force serving the B2B sector which characterises the Kompass BU.

The structure of the Large Customer Sales Division as well as its head Luigi Langella have been confirmed.

"The new structure is part of the program launched in 2003 to strengthen the Company," stated Luca Majocchi. "The aim of this project is to further improve Seat’s ability to satisfy its customers through a wide range of high-quality services offered by our skilled and increasingly specialized ‘communications consultants', capable of meeting the local communication needs of businesses, traders, service providers, craftspeople, and public bodies".


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