RGI Announces Management Transition

RGI, a European leader in the digital transformation of insurers, today announced that Vito Rocca, Chief Executive Officer and member of the Board of Directors, is stepping back from his management responsibilities at the Company, effective January 31, 2020. Christophe Quesne, Managing Director of RGI's French business, KAPIA-RGI, has been appointed interim Group CEO. As part of this transition, Alberto Piva, Market and Corporate Service Vice President, will become CEO for RGI Italy.

During his seventeen-year tenure as CEO, Vito Rocca grew RGI from a local software vendor to a multinational corporation, leading impressive growth in the European landscape while delivering best-in-class financial performance and fostering a strong culture. RGI's growth was largely driven by Vito Rocca's focus on providing innovative employee benefits – including welfare programs and stock ownership. 

"We set out to build a company that could scale across both different dimensions in the industry and geographies – while at the same time enhancing its value proposition," said Vito Rocca. "A special thanks to our Clients and Partners for the trust built over the years and to our very dynamic Colleagues for their amazing commitment, together we achieved this and much more by balancing passion, rigor and profitability.  As I step away, I am proud that the company has never lost sight of what matters most – our core values – which will help the team continue to drive RGI forward."

Under Vito Rocca's leadership, RGI received a significant number of international awards and accolades, including XCELENT Customer Base Award for PASS_Insurance in the Celent's ABCD Vendor View Celent (2018), Camillo e Adriano Olivetti award as an Innovative and Social Responsible Company (2018) and the Celent's Model Insurer Award in New York in the "Digital and omni-channel technologies" category (2015).

Christophe Quesne is a French software entrepreneur who co-founded KAPIA Solutions, which later expanded to become a key leader in the French insurance software market. In 2016, Christophe Quesne joined RGI through the acquisition of KAPIA Solutions through a seamless integration.

"On behalf of the entire RGI family, I want to extend our deepest appreciation to Vito for his outstanding leadership over the years," said Gioia Ghezzi, Chairman of RGI. "He has been an inspirational presence – guiding the Company to its current strong position in the industry – and we are glad that we can count on his continued advice and support. I also want to thank Christophe for stepping in as interim Group CEO while we identify the next leader for the successful international group that RGI has become."

"Vito has provided exceptional leadership to RGI since 2003 and we are enormously grateful for his vision, passion and commitment to excellence over the years," said Raja Hadji-Touma, Managing Director at Corsair Capital. "We wish Vito well as he embarks on his next chapter, and we look forward to continuing to strengthen RGI's leading comprehensive and modular offerings to the insurance market across our regions of operation."