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Tratos Dr Maurizio Bragagni is CEO of Tratos Ltd, the manufacturing division of global cable maker Tratos Group. Tratos received the 2019 Queen’s Award for Enterprise in Innovation, is an international cable producer with factories in the UK and Italy, offices in five continents and customers worldwide, servicing the power, transport, shipping, communications and oil and gas industries. With turnover in excess of €350 million, it is one of the world’s largest independent cable manufacturers and is involved in many high-profile and technologically- advanced projects across the globe.
A British Citizen, Maurizio is based in the UK and has played a key role in building the family business into a multinational success story, including leading the globalisation of the company’s manufacturing capabilities. Maurizio, has an Honorary Doctorate from the University of Bolton, a degree in Law from the University of Pisa and an MBA in Business Administration from London’s Cass Business School.
In addition to his successful business career, Maurizio is an active supporter of the Conservative Party and serves as Founder and Chairman of the British Italian Conservatives, an association affiliated to the party. Maurizio is the Honorary Consul of the Republic of San Marino in the UK & Northern Ireland. This significant role in representing the state has official relations at the diplomatic level with Britain, across political and economic relations and social and cultural affairs internationally.
Maurizio is also a member of the IEC Market Strategy Board offering his vision for innovation and willingness to contribute to the mission of the MSB and IEC.
He is passionate about technological innovation and has campaigned passionately for higher minimum standards to govern the materials that are used in offices, homes and public buildings. Maurizio launched the Safer Structures Campaign in 2017, in the wake of the Grenfell Tower tragedy in London, to demand regulatory intervention to improve cable standards and monitor materials used in construction. Establishing the Tratos Academy in 2015, Maurizio also leads the Corporate Social Responsibility programme focused on bringing an ethical, fair and honest approach to the business, from procurement of raw materials through to ensuring welfare across the supply chain.
A devoted patron of the arts and charitable works, Maurizio founded the Esharelife Foundation in 2017 to help some of the most disadvantaged people in the world, using an online platform for artists to generate revenues for charity.
Maurizio is married to his wife Alessandra, they have four young daughters.