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Leadership & Governance 6 Oct 2026

Fedrigoni chief executive Nespolo departs, Stangl named executive chairman

Fedrigoni's chief executive and chairman Marco Nespolo will step down from both roles on 6 October 2026, after almost eight years leading the specialty paper and labels group. Rolf Stangl, former SIG Group chief executive and most recently a senior advisor to Apollo Global Management, becomes executive chairman, supported by the CFO and the chief executives of Fedrigoni's three operating companies. Nespolo retains his shareholding and a board seat.

Why this mattersFedrigoni moves from an eight-year, acquisition-led chief executive to an executive chairman with two decades in packaging, with the CFO and three operating-company heads in support.

  • Marco Nespolo leaves as Fedrigoni CEO and chairman on 6 October 2026 after almost eight years in the role.
  • Rolf Stangl, former SIG Group CEO and most recently a senior advisor to Apollo Global Management, becomes executive chairman.
  • Stangl will be supported by Fedrigoni's CFO and the CEOs of its three operating companies.
  • Nespolo keeps his shareholding in Fedrigoni and a seat on the board.
  • Stangl led SIG Group from 2008 through its stock market listing and is non-executive chairman of NASDAQ-listed Reynolds Consumer Products.
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Sources ancona.notizie.it
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  • 2026-09-28 · Edited before publication: The Apollo framing overreaches: the source places Stangl's Apollo senior advisor role in the past and gives no link between Apollo and Fedrigoni, so "governance reset" driven by an Apollo appointee is not grounded. Tense corrected and why-it-matters rewritten to what the source supports. Added the grounded Reynolds Consumer Products and SIG 2008 detail.
  • 2026-09-28 · Edited before publication: Grounding: the source says Stangl will be supported by the CFO and the CEOs of the three operating companies; it does not say day-to-day running is left to them. Why-this-matters rewritten. All other facts (6 October handover, almost eight years, retained shareholding and board seat, SIG from 2008 through listing, Apollo senior advisor, Reynolds non-executive chairman) a