A major development in the world of jewelry and watchmaking: Stefano Abbati, 53, leaves Fossil, where he was managing director, and joins the shareholder base of Nardelli Luxury. The company founded by Bruno Nardelli launched the Liu Jo Luxury watch and jewelry brand, born from the partnership with the fashion brand Liu Jo.
Abbati has a career behind him that began in mass market companies, such as Granarolo and Ferrero. He then moved to Sector Group and subsequently to Binda Group and Fossil. Abbati will work alongside Nardelli as vice president in the internationalization strategy of Liu Jo Luxury and in the development of the license at a global level, strengthening the team that sees Salvatore Francavilla as general manager and Paolo Innocenti as sales director.
«Stefano Abbati’s entry into the team represents an important step in the company’s consolidation strategy. A company that is increasingly becoming an institution thanks to the presence of managers and today to Stefano’s entry into the shareholder base. Abbati is a recognized point of reference in the watchmaking sector and is one of the greatest experts in the licensing market”, is Nardelli’s comment. “After ten years in a multinational, I felt the need to take on new personal and professional challenges by focusing on a unique reality in the panorama of Italian fashion watchmaking. Liu Jo Luxury in the world of distribution in our sector is the Italian fashion brand that best represents the creativity, originality and imagination typical of Italian Design. This experience is even more stimulating because I feel the project of operating in a lively and continuously growing entrepreneurial reality is mine”, added Abbati.
