Corporate Governance

Romano Minozzi

Founder and President of Iris Ceramica Group

With a degree in Economics and Commerce from Bologna University, in 1961 Romano Minozzi became one of the founders of Iris Ceramica S.p.A, where he is Chairman.
In 1987 he purchased Castellarano Fiandre Ceramiche S.p.A, out of which the GranitiFiandre S.p.A. brand was officially born in 1989.
In 2002 he inaugurated a big new ceramics plant in Brandenburg and set up the new company Porcelaingres Gmbh.
After Germany, Romano Minozzi turned to the United States, opening the production plant of the Group’s US company,
Stonepeak Ceramics Inc., in Tennessee in 2003.
He has always held key positions in the various companies in the Group he owns, as CEO, Managing Director and Chairman.
He has received numerous awards for his work, including the "Innovation 2000" prize from the International Academy of Ceramics and the "2017 Innovation Award" at the 21st EY Entrepreneur of the Year awards.

Federica Minozzi

CEO Iris Ceramica Group

Graduating with honours in Law at the University of Modena, Federica Minozzi joined the company when she was very young in 1997, studying and exploring various aspects of the ceramics industry, which was strategic for her own future and decisive in honing her managerial and entrepreneurial skills.  
This initial period quickly paid off, and in 1999 Federica Minozzi became Managing Director of one of the Group’s major divisions, founded in 1998 with the name “Fabbrica Marmi e Graniti”. This unique sector focuses on the production of ceramic slabs inspired by the most precious marbles and granites found in nature.

In the following years, she held managerial positions in all the Group companies and business units, consolidating her experience in over 26 years of entrepreneurial activity.

Her very clear vision – to re-engineer ceramics to improve interaction between humans and the environment – underlines her bold and innovative spirit.
With her pioneering entrepreneurial vision, Federica Minozzi has helped shape the most recent innovations in the company’s technological solutions, in an original blend that has made her the ambassador of the concept of the beautility of ceramics: a noble material that brings together beauty, aesthetics, art and function.
Federica Minozzi’s business model, which enhances heritage while always looking to the future, technological innovation and sustainability, and seeing the central role of the company as a cultural driver, has helped her to make her mark on the ceramics industry and beyond.
In 2025, the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella awarded Federica Minozzi the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro, recognising her entrepreneurial commitments and professional career. This Prize celebrates her entrepreneurial spirit, courage, and foresight, along with her commitment to social and environmental impacts.