Massimiliano Mutinelli

Mr. Mutinelli obtained his degree in Business Economics from the University of Trent in 1993, and completed a PSM at the Bocconi University of Milan in 2006. From 1990 to 1996 he was founder and shareholder of Valman, an Italian start-up in the sector of bird nutrition. For the next three years, until 1999, he worked in Brazil for Luxottica do Brasil and in particular in the sales, supplies, imports and distribution sectors. From 1999 to 2000, still with the Luxottica Group, and in particular with Luxottica Holland BV, he coordinated all of the activities linked to the acquisition of Ray Ban. From 2000 to 2008 he performed his duties in France, where he was appointed chairman and managing director of Luxottica France. In 2009 he came back to Italy with increasing responsibilities in Luxottica Group’s Wholesale business. From 2015 to 2020 he served as President EMEA; the responsibility for Asia Wholesale was added in 2021. From 2022 he is President of Optical Retail EMEA EssilorLuxottica and CEO of GrandVision, a leading Retail company in Europe with more than 6 thousand stores.