Federico Angrisano was today appointed the Mondadori Group’s Director of Communications and Media Relations, reporting directly to the chief executive, Ernesto Mauri.

The function aims to define, manage and coordinate all corporate communication activities and the promotion of the Group’s image, operating in the following areas: media relations, social media and digital communication, corporate image and institutional initiatives, sustainability and internal communications.

Angrisano, 45, was born in Cernusco sul Naviglio (MI) and has a degree in political science from the University of Milan. He began his career in communications in the early 1990s. In 1997 he joined the Communication Department of McDonald’s Italia, where he held positions of increasing responsibility before moving, in 2000, to Pirelli’s External Relations Department where he initially worked in the Group’s product press office before moving to the corporate function.

He joined Mondadori at the end of 2002 as head of press relations. In 2005, he was appointed head of institutional communications, within the department of External Relations and Communications.