Editor's Note
This editor’s note highlights the key facts and market implications behind “Roberto Finesi Appointed New CEO of Ceramica Cat”, with emphasis on sourcing, product fit, fabrication, logistics, or buyer impact.
Roberto Finesi is the new Chief Executive Officer of Ceramica Catalano in Fabrica di Roma. In the 2024-2025 period, he was already the architect of the company's strong growth, which aims for further significant revenue development in 2026. Finesi succeeds Dimitri Mei. Ibd – Italian bathroom design defines this as a "planned change in full managerial continuity."
“Leading Ceramica Catalano, a recognized excellence in the sector not only nationally but also internationally, is a source of great personal pride,” states Roberto Finesi. “I thank the shareholders for this demonstration of trust, which I intend to reciprocate by strengthening my commitment to a further phase of company growth. As CEO, I take the helm of an already strongly structured, cohesive company clearly directed on its growth path, and I commit to implementing and further improving the work done so far in full strategic harmony with the parent company Ibd.”
Dimitri Mei, former CEO of Ceramica Cielo and Galassia, will continue to contribute to the development of Ceramica Catalano as an advisor, maintaining his role as CEO of the company's shareholder: Ibd. Ibd is the holding company of the Mittel group leading the main Italian hub in the design bathroom furnishings segment, specializing in the production and marketing of high-quality sanitary ceramics. Ibd operates through four companies: Ceramica Cielo, Ceramica Catalano, Ceramica Galassia, and Disegno Ceramica. Marco Colacicco, President of the Mittel holding company as well as of the parent company Ibd and of Ceramica Catalano, said:
“Finesi is a key person for the future growth of the entire Ibd group and Ceramica Catalano. The excellent work done together in the last year and a half following Ibd’s acquisition of Ceramica Catalano, the excellent results achieved in 2025, and the further strong development expected in 2026, both in the domestic and foreign markets, represent evidence of a solid growth path. We are proud of the work done together so far and look forward to reaching new significant growth milestones.”
Dimitri Mei, CEO of Ibd, confirms that, "thanks to the extraordinary contribution and growth of Ceramica Catalano with the decisive contribution of Finesi, Ibd accelerates its growth path and consolidation of the sanitary ceramics hub, the ultimate expression of Italian excellence, based in the Civita Castellana district."
Source: Read the original article | Published: February 09, 2026