Giovanni Andrea Farina

President, CEO & GM - Itway Group


G. Andrea Farina, born in Ravenna in 1961, is the founder, Chairman of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of Itway S.p.A.: a company listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itway Hellas S.A., Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itway Turkiye LTD, Sole Director of Itway International S.r.l., Founder and Chairman of 4Science S.p.A.

Furthermore, he is a Director of Saveway Green Power Renewable Energy and former Chairman of the Board of Directors of Itway France SARL, Itway Iberica SL, Business-e S.p.A and former Sole Director of BE Innova S.r.l. Board member from 2012 to 2016 of Netwin Italia S.p.A concessionaire of legal games of AAMS (Slot Machines, VLT). He is a member of the Committee for the Protection of Minors on the Internet of CLUSIT. Italian Association for Computer Security.

He graduated in 1980 in computer science at the Girolamo & M. Montani Technical Industrial Institute in Fermo (AP) with a 60/60 grade. Subsequently, in 1992 he graduated in business administration with an MBA from Kensington University-Anderson School - Institute of Economics and Finance at the University of California Los Angeles (UCLA) with a 3.98/4.00 grade. He is also passionate about social sciences and has subsequently pursued further studies at the sociology department of the University of Urbino.