Board of Directors

The Board of Directors currently in office was appointed by the Shareholders’ Meeting on 27 April 2023.
It is made up of twelve members who will remain in office until the approval of the financial statements for the year 2025.

Laura Zanetti

Chairman
 

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Laura Zanetti
Chairperson
Member of the Committee for Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director since November 14, 2013 and Chairman since April 19, 2017

Graduated with honours from Bocconi University, where she is Associate Professor with tenure of Corporate Finance as well as Research Fellow of the Baffi Research Centre and Academic Director of the Bachelor Degree in Economics and Finance.

Previously, she was Director of the Master of Science in Finance at Bocconi University, Visiting Scholar at both the MIT (Massachusetts Institute of Technology) and the LSE (London School of Economics and Political Science).

She is a Certified Public Accountant, Registered Auditor and Director of various leading companies.

She currently serves on the Board of Directors of WeBuild S.p.A., a listed company and a leading global player in the construction of large-scale complex infrastructures, and of Allianz Bank Financial Advisors S.p.A., an Italian bank of the Allianz Group that provides investment services to private clients.

She was a member of the Board of Directors of Italcementi S.p.A., among the major global players in the building materials sector, and, between 2012 and 2015, of Alerion Clean Power S.p.A., one of the leading Italian renewable energy operators.

She is a member of the Executive Committee and the Board of Assonime.

She is the author of many articles on corporate governance, corporate finance and company valuations.

Livio Strazzera

Deputy Chairman
 

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Livio Strazzera
Deputy Chairman

Director since May 3, 2002 and Deputy Chairman since April 19, 2017

Degree in Economics & Commerce - Bocconi University, Milan.

Certified Public Accountant in Milan and registered auditor.

Tax consultant, he holds the position of Director and Statutory Auditor of various companies.

Since 2009, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Bormioli Luigi S.p.A., a glassmaking group specialising in the production of high-end glassware (home & professional) and packaging.

Carlo Pesenti

Chief Executive Officer

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Carlo Pesenti
Chief Executive Officer
Chairman of the Committee for Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director since June 17, 1999 and Chief Executive Officer since May 27, 2014

Degree in Mechanical Engineering - Milan Polytechnic.

Master in Economics & Management - Bocconi University, Milan.

Since 1999 he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Italmobiliare, an investment holding company listed on the Milan Stock Exchange. In 2001 he was appointed Chief Operating Officer and in May 2014 he became Chief Executive Officer. During his career he served for more than a decade, till 2016, as CEO of Italcementi.

Along with the positions held in the Italmobiliare Group, he has also been a member of the Boards of Directors of leading listed companies such as Unicredit S.p.A., RCS S.p.A. and Mediobanca S.p.A. for several terms of office.

He is currently Chairman of Officina Profumo-Farmaceutica di Santa Maria Novella S.p.A. and is a member of the Board of Directors of Clessidra Holding S.p.A., Tecnica Group S.p.A. and Caffè Borbone S.r.l. (Italmobiliare Group portfolio companies). 

Former Vice-President of Confindustria (2014-2016), he is a member of the Advisory Board of Assolombarda. He is a member of the Board of ISPI and Co-Chairman of the Italy-Thailand Business Forum.

He is Chairman of the Pesenti Foundation, which promotes interaction between profit and non-profit organisations for the diffusion of a culture of innovation to generate projects and activities in the social, environmental and cultural sectors.

Giorgio Bonomi

 

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Giorgio Bonomi
Member of the Control and Risk Committee

Director since May 3, 2002

Degree in Law from the University of Milan in 1979. During the same year he began his legal career, ended in 2020.

He was a member of the Board of Directors of Cementerie Siciliane S.p.A. (1988-1996), IGPDecaux S.p.A. (2006-2015) and Italcementi S.p.A. (2010-2016), among the major global players in the building materials sector.

He is a Registered Auditor.

 

Mirja Cartia d'Asero

Independent director1

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Mirja Cartia d'Asero
Chairman of the Control and Risk Committee
Member of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties
Member of the Committee for Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director since April 19, 2017

Degree in Law from the University of Catania. She has been a member of the Italian Bar Association since 1996, and has a specialisation in real estate finance.

From 1996 to 2005, she worked in banking and finance law at Clifford Chance (Rome-London) and Allen & Overy (Milan). From 2005 to 2017 she was with Lehman Brothers (London-Milan) holding various positions in the Global Real Estate Group and - since 2008 - in Administration. Since 2014 she has been Founder member and Chief Executive Officer of Restar, a real estate non-performing loans platform for the US Varde Fund, which was sold and merged with Guber Banca, in which she served as Head of Real Estate until April 2022.

Since April 27, 2022, she has served as Chief Executive Officer of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A., one of the leading Italian publishing groups.

She is a Director of Zurich Investments Life S.p.A., Tecma Solutions S.p.A., a listed company specialising in business innovation in the real estate sector, and Clessidra Holding S.p.A.

Valentina Casella

Independent director1

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Valentina Casella
Chairman of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties
Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee

Director since July 29, 2021

She holds a degree in Law from the University of Milan, and is specialised in corporate law and business administration, with a Master of Laws from Columbia University and an M.B.A. from INSEAD.

She is a member of the Milan Bar Association since 2006 and of the New York State Bar Association since 2008.

From 2007 to 2012 she was an associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP law firm in New York.

She is a partner at Casella e Associati law firm in Milan since 2014.

She is a Director of Banco di Desio e della Brianza S.p.A., an Italian banking institution, and of Riso Gallo S.p.A., an Italian company specialising in the production and marketing of rice and rice-based products.

Marco Cipelletti

Independent director1

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Marco Cipelletti
Member of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee

Director since January 27, 2021

Degree in Business Economics and Corporate Finance from Bocconi University.

Work experience: more than twenty years in the financial sector (investment analysis and fund management) at Amber Capital, Milan, UBS Investment Bank, Milan, ABN Amro Bank, NV, Milan, Credit Lyonnais Securities, London, San Paolo Bank – Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino, London, Actinvest Group Ltd, London, and the last fourteen years in the real estate sector.

Since May 2011, CEO of Galtrucco S.p.A., a real estate company based in Milan, and of other minor real estate companies linked to it.

Elsa Fornero

Independent director1

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Elsa Fornero
Member of the Committee for Transactions with Related Parties
Member of the Committee for Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director since July 27, 2017

Elsa Fornero is Honorary Professor of Economics at the University of Turin, where she held the chair of Political Economy until 2018; Honorary Senior Fellow of the Collegio Carlo Alberto of Turin and Scientific Coordinator of CeRP (Center for Research on Pensions and Welfare Policies); member of the Academia Europaea; Vice-President of the Observatoire de l'Epargne Européenne of Paris; member of the Research Committee of the OECD International Network on Financial Education. She is also a Research Fellow of a number of European research institutions and an honorary member of the Académie de Contabilité.


She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Teatro Regio of Turin, INA Assicurazioni, Buzzi Unicem, Fideuram, Centrale del Latte of Turin and Intesa SanPaolo, of which she was also Deputy Chair.


She was Minister of Labour and Social Policies with responsibility for Equal Opportunities in the government led by Mario Monti (2011-13), a period in which she implemented reforms of the pension system and labour market. She was part of the Steering Council for Economic Policy of Palazzo Chigi in Mario Draghi's government (2021-22). She acts as a key-note speaker, editorialist for La Stampa and television commentator.


Her research has focused on the savings behaviour of households throughout their life cycle, pension savings in particular. Specific topics: effects of demographic ageing; work, savings and retirement choices; welfare systems and reforms; life insurance; labour market reforms. In recent years, she has devoted herself, in both research and dissemination, to basic financial education, understood as a tool to help people make important decisions during their lives, also as a prerequisite for democracy to function better.
Ha adottato, come motto, un verso della poetessa Wislawa Szymborska: “It's easy, impossible, tough going, worth a shot”.

 

Luca Minoli

 

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Luca Minoli

Director since May 3, 2002

Degree in Law, magna cum laude, 1985 - Milan State University. 

Registered member of the Order of Lawyers of Milan since 1988.

Registered member of the Special Order of Cassation Lawyers and Higher Jurisdictions since 2006. 

Associate at Hughes Hubbard & Reed in New York in 1986, he began his career at Ardito law firm, where he became a partner in 1991. 

Partner from 2002 to 2004 at Casella Minoli e Associati. Partner until 2012 at the Italian office of Dewey Ballantine, later Dewey & LeBoeuf.

Since 2013, founding partner at Gattai, Minoli, Partners.

As of March 2024, partner at LCA Studio Legale.
 

Chiara Palmieri

Independent director1

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Chiara Palmieri
Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominations Committee
Member of the Control and Risk Committee

Director since April 19, 2017

She is the Sole Director of Tack SCF S.r.l., a company that provides Family Office services, and a member of the Board of Directors of various companies in Italy.

Previously, she worked as Chief Operating Officer of Laprima Holding S.r.l., Single Family Office, and in investment banks, in London and Milan (Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs).

She serves on the Board of Directors of Ceme S.p.A., a manufacturer of industrial valves and pumps; Flos B&B Italia Group S.p.A., a worldwide leader in luxury design, featuring iconic brands in the industry; Fondaco SGR S.p.A., an independent asset management company exclusively serving institutional investors; La Doria S.p.A., a global food company specialising in canned products; Snaitech S.p.A., a leading player in Italy's gaming and betting sector; and Guala Closures S.p.A., a worldwide leader in manufacturing closures for spirits, wine, oil, and beverages.

She graduated summa cum laude from Bocconi University, she is a Certified Public Accountant and obtained a CEMS Master from HEC-Paris University, after an exchange at the MBA program of the Stern School - New York University.

Roberto Pesenti
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Roberto Pesenti

Director since April 27, 2023

Since January 2025, he has been the Head of Strategic Development at Italmobiliare.

He holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering and Business Finance from University College London and an MSc in Materials Engineering from Stanford University.

After completing his Master's, he worked for two years at Eurazeo's New York offices, an international private equity firm, focusing on investment activities in mid-market American companies.

In 2019, he joined the Development and Investment Department of Italmobiliare, where he managed sourcing, due diligence, and investments in Italian companies and foreign investment funds.

From 2022 to 2024, he served as the CEO of Callmewine, one of Italy's leading e-commerce platforms for wine and spirits, with a presence in other European markets, and he currently serves as its Chairman.

Pietro Ruffini

Independent director1

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Pietro Ruffini
Member of the Committee for Sustainability and Social Responsibility

Director since April 27, 2023

He obtained a BA (Hons) in International Business with Entrepreneurship and French at the European Business School in London.


From 2014 to 2017, he has worked as a consultant at Bain and Company. He is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of Archive S.r.l., a company that supports companies by accompanying them on a growth path. He is Chief Executive Officer of Ou(R) Places S.r.l., Ou(R) Group S.r.l. and Ruffini Partecipazioni Holding S.r.l.


He is, among other things, a member of the Board of Directors of Double R S.r.l., the largest shareholder of Moncler S.p.A., Langosteria Holding S.r.l., The Attico S.r.l. and SA Hospitality Group LLC.

Independent Director pursuant to the CLF and the Corporate Governance Code

Last update January 21, 2025

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