Bernardo Vacchi is an entrepreneur, a member of the well-known Bolognese family that owns IMA S.p.A. (Italian group world leader in the production of automatic packaging and wrapping machines).
Bernardo began his working career starting right within the family companies, covering numerous operational and managerial roles, and enriching his professional training in various operating divisions of the group; up to representing a significant share of ownership in COFIVA holding, one of the main shareholders of IMA.
After years spent as a shareholder, at the end of 2021 Bernardo (through an asymmetric proportional demerger of COFIVA holding) gives life to his own family office – FinVacchi – recovering the historic family brand.
The financial holding company – FinVacchi – invested in 2021 by acquiring a minority stake in the holding company SRI Group Ltd, of which Bernardo is now Executive Vice President.