H.E. Dr. Marco Fantinel

H.E. Dr. Marco Fantinel, IIMSAM's Ambassador from the Italian Republic, is the President of the Fantinel Group. Fantinel is the largest private winery of Friuli, in the north-east of Italy. The group's activity also include catering with the Business School Chain of Restaurants "Pane Vino e San Daniele, a chain of national premises that are dedicated to promoting local flavours; the San Daniele ham production with the Testa & Molinaro company, the oldest factory for the production of the best Italian Prosciutto. The group is also the leading shareholder of the historic soccer team of the region, U.S. Triestina Calcio, in which Dr. Fantinel is member of the Board.

Dr. Fantinel was educated in the United Kingdom, at the European School of London where he graduated in International Business Administration. He would be instrumental to spread awareness and build support for IIMSAM and its various initiatives in the Italian Republic and in the countries that have a presence of the Fantinel Group.

To realise a global partnership for development to eradicate malnutrition and to secure the achievement of the UN MDG's, the Fantinel Group under the leadership of Dr. Fantinel has initiated "Celebrate Life Merlot", a project that would contribute 1 US Dollar for each bottle of Merlot produced by Fantinel and sold all over the world towards the Spirulina initiatives of the IIMSAM.

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