Pier Sacchi is the Italian Partner based in Milan, and he also speaks French and fluent English. As an Electronic Engineer, after a few years spent in the Design Lab of Olivetti, he joined Philips in 1966 for a long career of over 30 years, mainly spent in the Components and Semiconductors area. In Italy he has been for many years the Director of the Components and Semiconductors Division of Philips. Later on, after a few years spent as Managing Director of Fimi monitors operation in Saronno, he took a position (5 years) in the Netherlands as "Sales Director Europe" for Philips Passive Components.

Since 1998 through his own company "Concept" he is supplying Consulting and Operational Services to Companies manufacturing or distributing electronic Components, with main focus on the optimisation of Marketing and Sales Organisations on a local, regional or world-wide basis. He is President of the "European Passive Components Industry Association" based in Brussels, which counts among its members the major manufacturers in Europe of Passive Components.