SEC S.p.A (LON:SECG) CEO Fiorenzo Tagliabue and Cesare Valli the Managing Director talk to DirectorsTalk about it’s IPO on the London Stock Exchange. The directors explain why they chose London, how much was raised, what the proceeds will be used for and then expand on some exciting growth plans.
SEC S.p.A. is the largest independent advocacy, public relations and integrated communications agency in the Italian market and today announced that its Ordinary Shares were to be admitted to trading on the AIM market of the London Stock Exchange at 8.00am BST. SEC S.p.A. is a holding company and head office for a public relations and advocacy business, headquartered in Milan with operations across western Europe. The business was founded by the current Chief Executive, Fiorenzo Tagliabue, in 1989 and subsequently grew organically focusing on media relations, institutional and business to business (B2B) events, publishing and institutional relations. From 1997, the Company expanded across Italy opening offices in Turin, Naples, Rome and Bari. Following consistent growth over a number of years, in 2013 the Group began to expand internationally with a series of acquisitions in Belgium (2013), Spain (2014) and Germany (2015). The Group currently comprises nine subsidiaries in which the Company holds stakes ranging between 51 per cent. and 75 per cent. of the share capital.
