When a world famous collector of historic vehicles, Corrado Lopresto, in collaboration with a renowned international business school, LIUC Business School, sets up a Master's programme in collectible car management, under the name MAMAC (Master of Management of Collectible Cars), it very much deserves FIVA's attention and endorsement. FIVA did just that, by entering into a partnership together with Mr. Lopresto and LIUC in early 2025, in which we expressed our support for this programme by making our knowledge and expertise available.
Accordingly, it is with great pleasure that on the 13th of December we witnessed the first graduation ceremony of the program. The ceremony, which was held in Castellanza, near Milan, where LIUC is located, was a lively gathering. The students presented their vision of the historic vehicle sector in teams. A passion for an innovative approach and for involving young professionals in the multifaceted world of historic vehicles constituted the elements that all the presentations had in common. One of the teams introduced the term “The Carator”, the curator of historic cars with a 360-degree vision.
A number of the mostly young students are already active in the sector, while the rest have great ambitions to become active. They proudly received their diplomas from Corrado Lopresto, Massimiliano Serati, Dean of LIUC Business School and director of the programme, and Tiddo Bresters, recently retired FIVA President, who wholeheartedly supported this initiative from the very beginning. Speaking in his capacity as both the Dean of the school and director of the program, Massimiliano Serati highlighted the fact that: “MAMAC is the first Master's programme in Italy and Europe that combines the technical aspects of collecting, maintaining and restoring classic cars with management, providing participants with the basic skills and tools to manage the activities of a rapidly expanding business with awareness and adequate know-how”.
One of the more memorable statements came by way of the conclusion rendered in one of the team presentations which stated: “in the world of car collectors, knowledge is profit, patience is wisdom, and passion is the fuel that feeds both.”
Capitalizing on the success of the program, the next step now is to give the programme an even more international character. This will be yet another reason for FIVA to continue supporting this programme and to present it as a best practice.
Tiddo Bresters