Water for all, always. Low-cost energy. The promotion of agriculture and livestock farming, which can slow depopulation in central Italy. Environmental awareness and reforestation. True territorial continuity for our goods, meaning the ability to reach markets under the same conditions as the rest of Italy. Training young people in the sectors where they are most needed.
Alberto Cellino, elected regional president of Confindustria yesterday, has a simple recipe: "We shouldn't think about grand projects; those that already exist are enough. Let's start with small, concrete, and achievable things, with our vocations, so that people stay in the inland areas and don't flee. Let's protect the territory, and make Sardinia the paradise God has given us."
Born in Cagliari sixty years ago, the youngest of five children—Maria Rosaria, Massimo, Lucina, and Giorgio—since 1994, when his father Ercole passed away, he has led the Cellino Group, one of the country's leading agri-food companies, with 800 employees and a point of reference across the entire supply chain: milling, pasta and baked goods production, animal feed, logistics, and large-scale retail trade. With the construction of the Oristano hub, to consolidate grain reception, storage, processing, transformation, and marketing under one roof, he created Simec, the Group's operational heart and one of the most important grain processing complexes in the Mediterranean.
Married to Sabrina for 31 years, he has two heirs of whom he is very proud, Michela, 30, and Matteo, 27: "They graduated with top marks, and have been working with me in the company for some time."
Blessed generational change.
I believe it must first and foremost happen on an emotional level. You need a relationship with your children based on understanding, growth, and sharing. When you can pass these things on, it's easier to teach them the trade and make them fall in love with the family business. This has been my mantra since the children were little. At home, we always talked about work, hard work, a sense of duty, and sacrifice, and so they grew up with these values.
