AIDAF | Italian Family Business
AIDAF, ITALIAN FAMILY BUSINESS
was founded in 1997 by Alberto Falck together with a group of entrepreneurs inspired by the same values.
AIDAF proposes itself as the reference point in Italy for family businesses; today it brings together about 270 companies, which represent approximately 16% of the Italian GDP.
The association essentially carries out three sets of activities:
TRAINING AND ACCOUNTABILITY
Of the members of the associated families, whether they are involved in the operational management of the company, young or old, bringing the non-family managerial front line closer to family business issues.
INSTITUTIONAL PROJECTS
Towards national and European politicians for the maintenance and formation of a legal and regulatory context in favor of family businesses, their development and their continuity over time from one generation to the next.
EXCHANGE OF EXPERIENCES
Through the organization of moments of meeting and exchange of ideas to encourage the network of contacts between the associated entrepreneurial families.
AIDAF is the Italian Chapter of FBN – Family Business Network – the international institution that brings together 3,210 family businesses with more than 10,300 members in 58 countries around the world, allowing for a continuous exchange of international best practices and experiences to contribute to the training of the new generations of entrepreneurial families.
Since 2003 AIDAF has supported the “AIDAF – EY Chair of Family Business Strategy” in memory of Alberto Falck, at the Bocconi University of Milan led by Prof. Guido Corbetta, the only center in Italy of high quality specific training to affirm the relevance economic and social development of family businesses.
Since 2005 AIDAF has set up, together with the Bocconi University, the Unicredit Group and the Milan Chamber of Commerce, the AUB Observatory which monitors and analyzes the economic and financial performance of Italian family-owned companies with a turnover of over 20 million euros. publishing an annual report.
In the characteristic programs of the Association there is the development of a series of institutional activities that allow to oversee, through qualified work tables, a constant dialogue with the Italian institutions and government bodies on issues close to the needs of the member companies – Tax & Law Probate, Corporate & Company Law, Governance, Labor and Welfare -.
Promote, disseminate and support an ethical style of “doing business”
Mission
The development of a healthy, solid family business model, based on the values of ethics and responsibility.
The study and deepening of central themes in the management of the Business-Business Family relationship, values of ethics and responsibility.
Attention to the generational transition in Entrepreneurial Families, through the care and training – personal and professional – of the new generations.
TARGETS
The primary objective of AIDAF is to promote, disseminate and support an ethical style of “doing business”, which is essential for sustainable business growth.
The modern family business, founded on a universe of strong values handed down from generation to generation, puts its stakeholders at the centre, generating a positive impact internally and in the communities in which it operates, also thanks to an effective, rigorous and meritocratic.
Presidents
The President in office since May 2019 is the cav. work Francesco Casoli – Elica S.p.A.
THE PRESIDENTS OF AIDAF WERE:
ALBERTO FALCK from 1997 to 2003
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ALESSANDRO FAVARETTO RUBELLI from 2003 to 2004
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MARIO BOSELLI from 2004 to 2007
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MAURIZIO SELLA from 2007 to 2013
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ELENA ZAMBON from 2013 to 2019