An executive with deep Armani roots returns to guide the house’s strategy across the region
Matteo Mascazzini has been appointed chief executive officer of Giorgio Armani Corp., assuming responsibility for the Armani Group’s operations across the Americas, effective immediately. The move signals a return to familiar ground for Mascazzini, whose career has been closely intertwined with the house over the course of more than a decade. He succeeds Izumi Sasano, who has returned to Japan after leading the Americas business since 2023, following a long tenure as chief executive of Giorgio Armani Japan.
Mascazzini arrives with a résumé that bridges heritage luxury and contemporary global scale. Most recently president of Gucci Europe, Middle East and Africa, he previously served as chief executive officer of Geox and spent ten formative years at Gucci, where he rose to senior vice president and chief operating officer of Gucci America. Earlier chapters of his career were written within the Armani universe itself, where he held senior leadership roles including chief financial officer of Japan, chief executive officer of Australia, and chief operating officer of the United States—positions that collectively underscore both his operational fluency and his long-standing familiarity with the brand’s cultural codes.
Reporting to Michele Tacchella, deputy managing director and global chief branding and commercial officer of Giorgio Armani SpA, Mascazzini steps into the role during a period of transition and legacy-building for the group. Following Giorgio Armani’s death in September, Giuseppe Marsocci was appointed to lead the company, continuing a leadership lineage shaped by decades of internal stewardship. Mascazzini’s return to the Americas thus reads as a strategic homecoming: a seasoned executive entrusted with translating Armani’s enduring elegance into a modern, regionally attuned business vision—one grounded in continuity, yet alert to the shifting rhythms of the global luxury market.