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Luxury » All main news » Two new managers in the Aicon Group (22.02.2008)

Two new managers in the Aicon Group

Aicon, an Italian Group based in Messina specializing in the design, construction and sale of luxury motoryachts and megayachts, announced the presence of two new managers on its team:

- Fabrizio Pisciotta, Sales Director for the EMEA and ASIA-PACIFIC areas of Aicon S.p.A.,
and CEO of Aicon Yacht Europe Srl;

- Anton Andrea Speciale, CEO of Aicon Yachts Americas LLC.

Fabrizio Pisciotta obtained a degree in Economics in 1993 from the University of Palermo, and then went on to specialize in the area of tourism marketing, starting his career in HTMS, a consulting company which operates in the hotel and tour operating industry, following that experience he held the position of Marketing Director for the international market of the tour/hotel group Città del Mare (Unipol Assicurazioni).

In 1998 he started working with Valtur, first as Director responsible for Sales in Southern and Central Italy, dealing with the planning and coordination of development activities for the Network and for the more important clients. In The period 2004-2007, he held the position of Director of Sales and Trade Marketing in Italy and abroad, responsible for the sales budget management of the Italian and international markets, for company commercial strategy, and for the coordination and planning of the activities of the sales network.

From 2007, Fabrizio Pisciotta was formerly responsible for the development of marine services and yachting for Aicon while at the same time holding the position of CEO of Aironblue, a company active in the leisure and corporate charter of luxury yachts.

Anton Andrea Speciale, who graduated from university with honors in Economics and Accounting, started his career in 1974 as an auditor, first with Arthur Andersen and then with Arthur Young where he held the positions of Audit Partner, Managing Partner, and Director of Practice Development.

After attending the International Senior Managers Program at Harvard Business School, in 1989 he left the auditing sector to enter the field of private banking, first as CEO and then as consultant of TRC Italia, a firm which is part of an international Group operating in the field. Since 1994 Anton Andrea Speciale has been the CEO of Bertram Yachts – Miami and has worked as a consultant for Azimut/Benetti. He has also held the position of CEO of Collodi S.p.A. and of Tera Digital Publishing.