Ezio Vicario joins TBK Consult in Italy

TORINO, Italy - March 19, 2014 - PRLog -- The Italian IT market is close to 6% of the total European IT market. After four years of contraction due to the global financial crisis, in late 2013 Italy started to show a new phase of growth, which is predicted to continue in 2014. Goldman Sachs has named Italy as “the Country to watch in 2014.”

The Italian Government has also started removing most of the inhibiting factors to foreign investments. The “Destinazione Italia” Government program has ambitious targets for that.

“Italy is a promising market for foreign software companies because it couples a medium-sized geography with the need for the Italian Industry to restart investment after 3 years of contraction,” says Ezio Vicario, Executive Partner with TBK Consult in Italy. “Moreover the financial crisis has had an impact on a number of Italian enterprises, which have excellent software products and weak financial structure, so there are currently very interesting opportunities for mergers and/or acquisitions by foreign, industrial partners.”

At the other end of the scale, the most ambitious Italian software companies are looking to grow internationally into European markets as well as Turkey and North Africa.

Ezio Vicario is based in Turin, North East Italy, the manufacturing industry and automotive "heart" of Italy, with a corresponding community of software companies and dynamic individuals around Torino Politecnic University and its “incubator” for start-ups and innovative technologies.

“We are very pleased to have Ezio Vicario join the TBK Partner network”, says Hans Peter Bech, Group CEO of TBK Consult.  “Ezio brings over 30 years of experience and expertise on information technology, organization, project and performance management areas and, in recent years, on business strategy and mergers and acquisitions, both as a management consultant and entrepreneur in consulting services. Ezio will strengthen our position in Italy, due to his experience, and will be instrumental in helping our clients achieve faster traction in this attractive and important market.”