Gaetano Ronchi 

Born: Milano, Italy 1942

Education:
 
Master of Science, Electro-Mechanical Engineering, Politecnico Milano, 1967

Certified welding engineer by the Italian Welding Institute. Certificate on industrial usage of radiations by CESNEF (Centro Studi Nucleari Enrico Fermi).
MBA by IFL (Stockolm School of Economics)

Career:
 
1970 - 2003 
Over 35 years of experience in the metal sector including roles as Managing Director for Sandvik Steel SpA, Marketing&Sales Director with direct responsibility for all the service centres network for Acciai Speciali Terni, Managing Director for Avesta Polarit SpA and Managing Director for SteelScreen S.Europe.

Since 2004 
Senior Consultant, managing the stainless steel business raw material area at IKEA, that includes centralized stainless procurement and support to a balanced adoption of stainless for IKEA articles.