De'Longhi has announced a restructuring of its professional coffee leadership team, with Guido Bernardinelli stepping down as CEO of La Marzocco to assume the role of leading De'Longhi’s professional coffee division.

In this role, Bernardinelli will be responsible for strengthening the holding structure and ensuring strategic alignment across key business areas, including planning, finance, human resources, legal and internal audit. His leadership aims to fully leverage the potential of the companies within the premium coffee market.

A new operations officer will also be appointed to enhance synergies between the companies.

As part of the reorganisation, Lorenzo Carboni, La Marzocco’s sales director since 2012, has been named CEO of La Marzocco, while Stefano Barato will lead Swiss coffee machine supplier Eversys as general manager.

De’Longhi's CEO, Fabio de’ Longhi, said: "Coffee has been one of the group's main growth drivers over the last ten years and still represents a crucial strategic development opportunity in the medium-long run, both in the professional and consumer segments".

He added: “This organisational strengthening in the professional division will allow us to further exploit our market leadership and the excellent technological innovation capabilities of both La Marzocco and Eversys, making the most of common resources and sharing knowledge and best practices useful for delivering more value for the group".

"We extend our congratulations to Guido, Lorenzo and Stefano and express our gratitude to all the people for the outstanding work done over the years with dedication and passion which allowed us to achieve extraordinary results."