Safilo Group announced the board of directors has decided to appoint on October 15, 2013 its non executive board member Luisa D. Delgado as the new CEO of Safilo Group and Safilo Spa. The current CEO Roberto Vedovotto will be handing over his responsibilities of Safilo Group and Safilo Spa to Luisa Delgado on October 15, 2013 and will maintain his position on the Board of Directors as a non executive. Luisa is currently a Member of the global Executive Board and Chief Human Resources Officer of SAP AG and a non executive Director at INGKA/IKEA.

Luisa will join the Safilo Group on September 15.