Giovanni Ravazzotti

Giovanni Alberto Mario Ravazzotti

Chairman of Italtile Limited

Giovanni Ravazzotti founded Italtile, a company importing and retailing ceramic tiles, in 1969. He is also Non-Executive Chairman of the Board of Ceramic Industries Limited. In February 1992 the retailing and manufacturing businesses were separated and listed individually on the JSE as Italtile and Ceramic Industries. Ravazzotti is actively involved in the operations of Ceramic Industries. His leadership and experience assisted the Group in becoming the market leader in South Africa in the manufacture of ceramic tiles and vitreous china sanitaryware. He served as chairman of the Italian SA Chamber of Trade and Industries. In 2009, he received the decoration of “Cavaliere” (Knight) in the Order “Al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” (OMRI).