Marco Solari

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Marco (Severo) Solari (born December 28, 1944 in Bern ) is a Swiss manager .

Life

His father Guido (Severo) Solari, a Ticino from Barbengo (Lugano), was director of the Federal Aliens Police, his mother Willetrud Joss came from the Emmental .

Solari attended high school in Bern and finished it with the Matura. He then studied social sciences at the University of Geneva and graduated in 1969 with a licentiate . In his thesis he dealt with the political opening of Thailand under King Mongkut in the middle of the 18th century. In 1966 he graduated from the officers' school with the mechanized troops .

For the travel agency Kuoni he was resident manager in Bangkok, Rio de Janeiro, Palma de Mallorca and Las Palmas de Gran Canaria. In 1972 Solari became director of Ente Ticinese per il Turismo (Tourism Office of the Canton of Ticino ; today called Ticino Turismo ). In 1988 the Federal Council appointed him as a delegate for the preparations and implementation of the 700th anniversary of the Confederation . In 1992 he became a member of the administrative delegation of the Federation of Migros Cooperatives in Zurich. From 1997 to 2004 Solari was Deputy CEO of Ringier AG . Since 2000 he has been operational president of the Locarno International Film Festival and since 2007 president of Ticino Turismo. From 2005 until its dissolution in 2007, he was a member of the Advisory Board of Credit Suisse . In 2007 he launched the idea of ​​a new national exhibition in the St. Gotthard room, "Gottardo 2020".

In 2014 he was awarded the Milestone for his life's work. Swiss Tourism Prize », in 2017 he was awarded the Order of the Star of Italy .

Solari is married for the second time, he has two sons (* 1971, 1972). He lives in Barbengo in Ticino .

Further mandates

  • Member of the board of Switzerland Tourism
  • Member of the board of directors of the Multiple Sclerosis Society
  • Member of the board of the association for intercultural exchange between Switzerland and Italy
  • Member of the Swiss Mountain Aid Council
  • Member of the board of directors of the Musée de l'Elysée
  • Member of the Board of Trustees of the Accentus Foundation (non-profit foundation, founded and supported by Credit Suisse)

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personal data
SURNAME Solari, Marco
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Solari, Severo
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Swiss manager and tourism specialist
DATE OF BIRTH December 28, 1944
PLACE OF BIRTH Bern