Publications
Publications
- June 2023 (Revised March 2024)
- HBS Case Collection
Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO
By: Krishna G. Palepu and Emer Moloney
Abstract
In Spring 2023, SECO CEO Massimo Mauri had the ambition to grow the €200 million revenue technology company to a €1 billion company by 2030. Founded in Italy in the 1970s, the family-owned company had gone through a period of growth and internationalization, facilitated by private equity funding (in 2018) and an IPO (2021). Its corporate governance had also evolved, but Mauri was eager for even more change at the board level. He wished to create a board that would partner with him in shaping the company’s strategy and in challenging himself and his team on SECO’s performance. What kind of board should that be and what steps should he take to make it happen?
Keywords
Family Business; Business Model; Acquisition; Business Growth and Maturation; Talent and Talent Management; Customer Focus and Relationships; Engineering; Governance; Corporate Governance; Governing and Advisory Boards; Growth and Development Strategy; Compensation and Benefits; Retention; Innovation and Invention; Technological Innovation; Going Public; Strategic Planning; Business and Shareholder Relations; Business Strategy; Information Infrastructure; Information Technology; Value Creation; Organizational Change and Adaptation; Computer Industry; Electronics Industry; Industrial Products Industry; Information Technology Industry; Technology Industry; Italy; Europe; Germany; United States; China
Citation
Palepu, Krishna G., and Emer Moloney. "Creating World-Class Board Governance at SECO." Harvard Business School Case 123-082, June 2023. (Revised March 2024.)