Leadership

Federico Silvestri is General Manager Media & Business of the 24 ORE Group, which he joined on 1 October 2018.

In this position he has responsibility over the Publishing & Digital areas of Il Sole 24 Ore, Radio 24, Radiocor and the advertising agency 24 ORE System. In addition to this position, for the 24 ORE Group, he is managing director of 24 ORE Cultura, of the subsidiary Il Sole 24 ORE U.K. and of 24 ORE Eventi.
Federico Silvestri is a member of the General Council of FIEG (Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers), of Confindustria Radio TV, of AICC Confindustria (Associaz. Imprese Culturali e Creative). He is board member of Audicom (formerly Audipress and Audiweb) and member of the Federal Council of FCP (Federazione delle Concessionarie Pubblicità).

In the radio sector, he was president of T.E.R. (Radio Editors' Table) and board member of Audiradio, of E.R.A. (Editori Radiofonici Associati) and of P.E.R. (Player Editori Radiofonici).

Born in Milan in 1971, a graduate in law at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome, Silvestri has held various positions during his professional career with some of the major publishing groups and advertising agencies.

He started out in the personal finance area at Deutsche Bank, then moved on to the Radiocor division of the 24 ORE Group as Account Manager for Major Clients. In 2001, he took part in the start-up of e.Biscom (later Fastweb). After three years in the Broadcast division of RCS MediaGroup, which dealt with radio and content production, he was appointed Business Development Manager at Ansa.
During his following 10 year-stint at PRS Mediagroup, where he was CEO of all the Group companies, he was in charge of advertising sales and led the Group in the expansion of business in the publishing field through a series of start-ups and acquisitions.

Eraldo Minella, Professional and Training Area General Manager, boasts a managerial and consulting track record in the field of B2B Services for Professionals and Businesses.

Born in Stradella (PV) in 1959, scientific high-school leaving certificate, he earned a degree cum laude in economics (1982) at the University of Pavia, where he gained initial experience as a research fellow at the Institute of Economics. He then specialized in International Marketing and Trade (scholarship from the Ministry of Foreign Trade) and attended the Executives program at Bocconi University.

His business career starts at Wolters Kluwer (1986-1994), working in the Marketing department (from Junior Product Manager to Marketing Director New Media), with the successful launch of the first CD-ROM databases featuring regulatory and tax content and the first management software solutions for accountants.

During his first stint at Sole 24 ORE (1994-2003, from Marketing Director to Deputy General Manager), he contributed to developing the Group's B2B portfolio of products, launching the first Windows-based packaged software solutions on the Italian market, a family of vertical magazines (Settimana Fiscale, Guida al Diritto, Guida al Lavoro, etc.) that became market leaders on their respective targets, and the Group's databases. 

For De Agostini Professionale (January-November 2003), following the acquisition of UTET, he was Marketing and Strategic Development Director, developing with regard to the Leggi d'Italia, Il Fisco, and Utet Professionale brands a post merger integration and development project for an integrated and synergistic product portfolio.

In his second spell at Sole 24 ORE (2003-2011), he was General Manager of the Professional Area (three Business Units: Professional Publishing, Software and Training), bringing it to its highest level of profitability thanks to internal and external growth (he managed the acquisition and then became Chairman of Esa Software, STR, Data Office and Newton Management Innovation). He was part of the management team that handled the Group's IPO, participating in the international roadshow in the margins of the listing.

Since 2012 till 2018 in Strategic Management Partners, in charge of product and sales innovation projects and of temporary management in the fields of publishing, software, training and new B2B services for Professionals, Businesses and PA. 

Since January 2019 he has been Senior Advisor to Il Sole 24 Ore for the relaunch of the Professional Area within a strategy of developing a traditional and innovative system of products and services, strongly integrated with the newspaper and other media of the Group.

Since 2022, he has also been responsible for the new training line which sees the return of Il Sole 24 Ore to the education sector with an innovative offer aimed at professionals, managers, companies and the Public Administration.

Gionata Tedeschi joined the 24 ORE Group on 31 January 2023 as General Manager for Innovation and Sustainability. Since 24 of September 2024 is General Manager for Innovation and Technology.

Gionata Tedeschi, a Bocconi alumnus, started his career in strategy consulting at McKinsey, then, with a focus on transformative market issues and new technologies, launched - in the digital, marketing and data science field - successful start-ups leading them to their following exit (such as Buongiorno.it, Born4shop-Saldiprivati.com and Daskell). From 2012 to 2018 at Accenture as Managing Director, he led the Digital Strategy practice in Europe, with advisor roles to leading companies in Automotive, Retail and Financial Services. He oversaw strategic consulting projects related to ESG principles and served as a delegate on the "Board for Diversity". From 2018, he was Chief M&A and Strategy Officer at Octo Telematics, a leading global IOT and mobility company, subsequently in 2022 he became Senior Advisor in Fineurop Soditic for M&A operations in the technological field.

He is a lecturer in Management for Digital Enterprise at the "Data Science for Management" International Master's Program at the Sacro Cuore Catholic University. Thanks to a career spent in Italy, the UK, France and Israel, he has developed an international strategic vision.