March 13, 2026 10:13

The Pavin family, which leads Italian group Sirmax, has established a Family Council, a body that provides strategic and values-based guidance to safeguard business continuity and cohesion between ownership and management.

The Italian compounder said the tool is designed to define clearly and transparently the rules governing the relationship between the family and the company, and to manage both day-to-day “coexistence” and generational transition. In the case of the Pavin family, it applies to all the group’s companies, including those outside the Sirmax perimeter.

The Family Council, a moral rather than legal body, is tasked with preserving and promoting the founding values of both the group and the family in the way the business is conducted, without interfering in day-to-day management, which remains the responsibility of the Board of Directors.

In this role, it formulates proposals for appointments to the Board of Directors and sets out high-level strategic guidelines. It also establishes behavioural criteria and guidelines for family members entering the business, based on competence and merit.

It regulates policies relating to succession, the education of younger generations and dividend distribution and, lastly, ensures that the interests of the group prevail over those of individual family members.

“We wanted to secure the company’s future through a strong and independent management team, one that cannot be influenced by family dynamics but at the same time follows the family’s values, also in view of a family that is becoming larger and larger,” commented Sirmax Group Chairman and CEO Massimo Pavin (pictured). “After making sure that our adult children wished to keep the company as a family business, we put in place precise rules. Those who lead must hold the role most consistent with their skills.”

The Family Council also represents a safeguard for management, which can now rely on a stable reference framework with clear rules and values. “I feel more at ease,” Pavin concluded, “and that peace of mind also strengthens those who work with us. We know the economic environment is complex, but challenges are there to be overcome.”

COMPOSITION. Chairman of the Family Council is Roberto Pavin, Massimo’s brother and chief financial officer of Sirmax Group. Vice chairman is Marco Pavin, Massimo’s eldest son, who has spent the past five years at Sirmax North America, where he serves as sales director; secretary is Federica Pavin, Massimo’s second child and sustainability manager of Sirmax Group.

Sirmax Group, an Italian multinational based in Cittadella, near Padua, is a European producer of polypropylene compounds, engineering plastics, elastomers, circular and compostable materials for sectors including automotive, household appliances, power tools, housewares, electrical and electronics, construction, furniture, agriculture and packaging. Active since the 1960s, the company operates 13 production plants: six in Italy, two in Poland, one in Brazil, two in the United States and two in India, as well as sales subsidiaries in Italy, France, Spain and Germany.

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