Deputy Chairperson of Iren S.p.A. since May 2019
Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 1972, he graduated in Marketing from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia. He gained his professional experience at complex medium-sized enterprises in several sectors, from industry to services to distribution, where, over the years, he held various positions, such as Personnel Manager, Operations Manager, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer. The companies included Unicarni, then the Unipeg Group; Assofood; Coopbox Group; CCPL Industrial Group. He has been a Director and a member of the remuneration and appointments committee of Iren, and a Director of Ireti, as well as Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Iren Mercato.

CEO of Iren S.p.A. since 2014
Born in 1971, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree with honours from Bocconi University in Milan; he has extensive professional experience in the utilities sector. Before arriving at Iren, he was with Federutility (now UTILITALIA) – an association of local public services companies in the electricity, gas, water and waste sectors - where, as General Manager and thanks to his experience in the field, he was -among other things - also a representative of the Commissioner of the Spending Review and the Government in drafting of the 2015 Stability Law in relation to the “Rationalising of local publicly-invested Companies”. Previously from 2005–2013 he was General Manager of Acquedotto Pugliese, a leading operator of public services and infrastructure in Southern Italy. In this role he successfully worked on the relaunch of the company resulting in a significant improvement in service quality, infrastructural framework and the main financial/economic indicators. Mr Bianco also gained significant experience from 1996 to 2005 in the financial sector (primarily focussing on utilities and infrastructure) at Gallo & Co. (Gruppo Meliorbanca, a leading independent investment bank that was listed on the Stock Exchange at the time). He held roles of increasing responsibility, until eventually becoming General Manager and ultimately CEO.

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CEO of Iren S.p.A. since 2014
Born in 1971, he holds a Bachelor’s Degree with honours from Bocconi University in Milan; he has extensive professional experience in the utilities sector. Before arriving at Iren, he was with Federutility (now UTILITALIA) – an association of local public services companies in the electricity, gas, water and waste sectors - where, as General Manager and thanks to his experience in the field, he was -among other things - also a representative of the Commissioner of the Spending Review and the Government in drafting of the 2015 Stability Law in relation to the “Rationalising of local publicly-invested Companies”. Previously from 2005–2013 he was General Manager of Acquedotto Pugliese, a leading operator of public services and infrastructure in Southern Italy. In this role he successfully worked on the relaunch of the company resulting in a significant improvement in service quality, infrastructural framework and the main financial/economic indicators. Mr Bianco also gained significant experience from 1996 to 2005 in the financial sector (primarily focussing on utilities and infrastructure) at Gallo & Co. (Gruppo Meliorbanca, a leading independent investment bank that was listed on the Stock Exchange at the time). He held roles of increasing responsibility, until eventually becoming General Manager and ultimately CEO.

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Born in Milan in 1958, she graduated in Agricultural Sciences, specialising in agricultural engineering and economics. She has many years’ experience in the sectors of environment and sustainability, public utility and common property management. She started her career as a Project Manager and was then Environmental Director of Lombardia Risorse, a public company of the Lombardy Regional Government.  From 1999 to the end of 2001, she was a department director in the Italian Environmental Agency. She then served as Councillor for environmental policies and equal opportunities in Sesto San Giovanni, Italy. From September 2005 to March 2011, she was General Manager of Tuscany's Environmental Protection Agency. In 2011, she was appointed as Chairperson of AMSA, an A2A Group company, holding the position until April 2013. From 2013 to 2019, she was a Director with environmental responsibility on the Board of Directors of the Cariplo Foundation.  Since February 2017, she has been a Director of the Giordano dell'Amore Social Venture Foundation, which promotes and supports the third sector, companies that generate social and environmental impact and social innovation. Since April 2018, she has been Chairperson of the Supervisory Board of the Fondazione Milano, an organisation set up and supported by the Municipality of Milan and active in the field of Higher Education. From 1 July 2019, she has been a Director of IRETI.

She was admitted to the Bar of Milan in 1998. She practices in the Court of Cassation and is partner at the firm, with offices in Milan and Rome and a roster of 15 lawyers, 10 paralegals and 20 employees. Her areas of specialisation are corporate law, commercial law, business crisis law and banking law. She has been involved in corporate restructuring since 2008. She is a lawyer and consultant for major Italian banks and assists numerous domestic and foreign companies operating in the industry and services sectors. She practices both in and out of court. In November 2017, she set up JurisNet Srl, a law firm with 10 partners and over 150 affiliates nationwide. In April 2018, the firm won the 2018 Professionista Digitale award, organised by the Digital Observatory of the Politecnico di Milano. In December 2017, she worked with the National Fashion Chamber in setting up the CNMI Fashion Trust, whose aim is to support emerging designers with funding and mentorship. She currently serves as a Trust Guardian. In 2018, she founded JurisTech Srl, an innovative start-up in the legal tech industry, developing the JurisPlatform collaboration suite.

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Pietro Paolo Giampellegrini was born in Massa on 14/11/1968. He graduated in Law in 1994 at the University of Parma, Italy. In 1997 he was admitted to Bar of Massa Carrara, subsequently qualifying to practice in the High Court and the Supreme Court of Cassation. After working for a time as a freelancer lawyer, in December 2016 he was appointed General Secretary of the Liguria Regional Government, a position that involved, among other things, the coordination of the regional council's departments and sectors. He is currently still in the post. Pietro Paolo Giampellegrini has been a Special Commissioner of the regional tourism promotion agency 'in Liguria' since April 2018. In March this year he became a consultant in ICT for the public administration at the University of Genoa. He has served as member of the Board of Directors of the Carige Foundation and has been a member of the Board of Directors of Cornigliano SpA. One of many other positions held until 2015 was membership of the Supervisory Board pursuant to Italian Legislative Decree 231/01 of the Cassa di Risparmio di Carrara. He has been Chairperson of the Board of Directors of IREN Mercato SpA, a first-level company of the IREN Group, since 28 June 2019.

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Born in Genoa in 1965,he obtained a master's degree in Performing Arts and Multimedia Production at the National Academy of Dramatic Arts and also completed a master's degree in Management at LUISS University in Rome. During his career he has held various positions including: National Vice Chairperson of UNAT-AGIS, member of the Technical Committee of the Ministry of Tourism and Entertainment, Europe General Manager for MGE, Arbitrator in the Governing Council of Confindustria Radio Televisione. Prior to founding the Giglio Group, Alessandro Giglio devoted many years of his life to the design and production of major events and theatrical and TV shows. For television he has produced programs such as Carramba che Sorpresa (Rai 1), Segreti e Bugie (Rai 1), Navigator (Rai 1, and winner of the "Most Innovative European Programme of the Year" award at Cannes Mipcom in 2000). In 2004 he organised the inaugural event of the first Formula 1 Grand Prix in Shanghai on behalf of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers and the Ministries of Foreign Affairs, Productive Activities and Labour, creating a virtual travelogue in discovery of Italy, broadcast live on CCTV to over 500 million Chinese and Asian viewers. Television publisher of channels Music Box, Live!, Acqua, Yacht & Sail, Nautical Channel and Play.me – the latter in 2010 becoming the world's first television channel streamed on Facebook. In 2003 he founded the Giglio Group, now publicly listed on the MTA-Star segment of Borsa Italiana. The group has offices in Milan, New York, Hong Kong, Shanghai, Rome and Genoa and sets itself the goal of bringing the best of Made in Italy to the world. Having begun as a TV broadcaster, the Giglio Group has evolved to become a latest-generation e-commerce leader, developing cutting-edge digital solutions for fashion, food and design online. Alessandro Giglio lives in Genoa, where he resides in the historic Palazzo Grimaldi. An aircraft pilot and boating enthusiast, he speaks fluent English and Mandarin and has two Italo-Chinese children aged five and ten years. In addition to holding the position of Chairperson and CEO of the Giglio Group, he is currently Chairperson of Meridian Holding, a member of the IREN Group Board of Directors, IREN Energia, Vertice 360 (a Spanish company listed on the Madrid Stock Exchange) and Chairperson of the National Theatre of Genoa.

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Born in Reggio Emilia, Italy in 1979, she graduated with honours in Business Economics from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and earned a PhD in Financial Markets and Intermediaries at the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart (Milan, Italy). Her specialisation was evaluating creditworthiness and the study of insolvency forecasting models in the light of the Basel Accords on the minimum capital requirements for banks. From 2005 to 2009, she worked at the financial consulting firm K Finance, gaining experience in M&A and extraordinary finance with industrial counterparts and with private equity funds. She also contributed to development of the company’s ratings division, a path she has followed since 2010 as a member of the Scientific Committee at the company KF Economics. From 2010, she has worked at Grasselli, a company that produces machinery for the food industry, where she is currently CFO. In addition to finance-oriented activities, she is involved in strategic planning and streamlining business processes.

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Maurizio Irrera was born in Turin on 17 September 1958. He graduated in law at the University of Turin in 1982 and in the following years developed significant experience as head of internal legal affairs of a major listed company. In 1989 he obtained a PhD in commercial law at the "L. Bocconi" University in Milan. He is Professor of commercial law at the Department of Economics and Social Sciences and Mathematics and Statistics at the University of Turin. He has taught corporate governance law, bankruptcy and crisis law and corporate law for economics. He was admitted to the Bar in 1985 and in 1997 qualified to practice in the High Courts. A founding partner of Studio Irrera - Avvocati Associati, he directs and coordinates all the firm's activities and provides, among other things, consulting and assistance in corporate, financial and company restructuring matters to industrial and commercial enterprises, banks and public companies. Since 2013 he has been a Director of Fondazione CRT and Coordinator of the Foundation's Budget and Investment Commission. He holds positions in the governing bodies of companies in the asset management, credit disbursement and leasing sectors: he is Deputy Chairperson of the Board of Directors of REAM SGR SpA; a member of the PerMicro SpA Board of Directors; Chairperson of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Agfa Finance SpA. He is a member of the Board of Directors of IREN Mercato S.p.A. and Chairperson of the supervisory bodies of public companies and a member of the supervisory bodies in the health sector. He has been a Director on the Board of a credit institute. He is Chairperson of the Centro CRISI - Interdepartmental Research Centre on Enterprise, Over-indebtedness and Insolvency at the University of Turin. He is the founder and chairperson of the RES Enterprise Studies Centre for the promotion and study of the culture of company and business law. He has spoken at conferences, conventions and study meetings in corporate, commercial and business crisis fields. He has authored over 120 scientific papers including monographs, essays, textbooks, encyclopaedia entries, articles and case notes on commercial, corporate and bankruptcy proceedings.

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He gained a diploma from the School of Accounting in 1994. In 2002, he graduated with a degree in Labour Consulting from the University of Siena and specialised in 2005 with a Masters in Labour Law and Personnel Management in Reggio Emilia. From 2008 to 2012, he undertook other Masters courses, specialising in Payroll and Personnel Management and in Bankruptcy Law. In 1998, he began to practice as a labour consultant at the Manuela Demontis Accounting School. In 2000, he was hired by the Sandro Mazzi Studio, where he headed the accounting and tax declaration department. In 2004, he worked as a contractor for Studio Petacchi & C. srl, where he dealt with tax returns and forms 730, 770 and Unico. In 2009, he enrolled in ANCOT (Italian Association of Tax Consultants) as a Tax Consulting Professional and has a studio in Castelnuovo Magra, Italy. In 2010, he became a member of Studio Petacchi & Partners srl as a tax and labour adviser. He was a member of the Board of Directors of I.S.I. S.p.A. until 2016. In 2013, he earned a diploma as a corporate mediation professional, accredited by the Italian Ministry of Justice. Since 2015, he has been CEO of Società Liguria Patrimonio srl, a company wholly owned by Filse spa, Liguria Region, Italy. He is currently the Chairperson of Cassa Edile Spezzina and was Chairperson of various local entities until 2017, including Scuola Edile Spezzina and CPT - the Local Joint Committee).

Ginevra Virginia Lombardi was born in Viareggio (LU) in 1966. She is a lecturer at the Department of Economics and Business Science at the University of Florence and is the author of numerous scientific articles in national and international journals. She has been a visiting researcher at the University of Arizona (USA) and a visiting professor at BNU Beijing Normal University in Beijing. She has been an invited speaker at national and international conferences, has acted as rapporteur and co-rapporteur for several degree and PhD theses and is a winner of national awards for research. She has taught and continues to teach courses on subjects such as Principles of Economics, Economics and Enterprise Management, Economics, Land and Environment and Tourism Economics. She has coordinated scientific research projects, nationally and internationally. She has held administrative positions in local authorities and scientific coordination roles in industry and inter-university research centres. She is the scientific leader of a circular economy research centre. She is the Europe representative for an international research network on Advances in Cleaner Production and is the editor of an international science journal.

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Giacomo Malmesi was born in Parma (Pr) on 29 October 1971. He graduated in Law at the University of Parma, and is a lawyer admitted to the Court of Cassation. He is a legal consultant in the commercial and corporate sectors, dealing with commercial contracts, directors' liability, independent auditors and boards of statutory auditors, as well as banks' liability from aggravating financial collapse, abusive lending practices and in bankruptcy procedures. He is a consultant to the company and member of the Board of Directors. After the local football company declared insolvency in 2015, together with a group of entrepreneurs in the Parma region, he established Parma 1913. He holds the office of Deputy Chairperson and has contributed to the city's club been promoted from serie D to serie A.

Born in Finale Ligure (SV) 8 June 1974, she is a manager with extensive experience in innovation processes and organisational change, with particular expertise in the public sector. In 1998 she graduated with honours in politics and economics at the University of Genoa and in 1999 obtained an "Innovator of the Public Administration" Masters degree. She began her career in January 2000 with the Lattanzio Group SpA and worked there until 2011 as a consultant expert in innovation processes in the public administration. From April 2011 to January 2016 she was Sales Operations Manager for Italy, Greece and Eastern Europe with a leading multinational manufacturer and supplier of dental and medical imaging systems and IT solutions. In 2016 she began her career in the environmental sector as General Manager of Finale Ambiente SpA, a multi-service company operating in urban hygiene, pay parking areas, tourism marina and cemetery services in the municipalities of Finale Ligure and Orco Feglino. Since October 2017 she has been General Manager of Amiu Genova SpA, a company that offers comprehensive services for waste cycle and environmental management in the Municipality of Genoa and works on public contracts in various municipalities of the Genoa metropolitan area.

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Gianluca Micconi was born in Ponte dell'Olio (PC) on 19 March 1956. With a training background in sciences, he was Sole Director of Tempi Agenzia srl in Piacenza from March 2012 to April 2018, PDL municipal coordinator in the Municipality of Ponte dell'Olio from January 2010 to December 2014 and was a Director of the Consorzio Bonifica Cisterne of Piacenza from January 2014 to December 2003. He has also been a member of Executive of Alleanza Nazionale of Piacenza and was a Provincial Councillor for the party from January 1998 to December 1999. He has had directorships in companies of various types including:

- CRC srl., Centro Revisioni Diagnosi e Collaudi, Director.

- PCM srl, Piacenza Collaudi e Manutenzioni, Director.

Born in Rome in 1961, Licia Soncini graduated with honours in Cultural Anthropology at the "La Sapienza" University of Rome (1986) and received a legislative consulting diploma the from the Higher Institute of Legislative Studies (1990), under the patronage of the President of the Republic. Since 1998 she has been founding partner and Chairperson of Nomos Parliamentary Studies Centre, which specialises in consulting for institutional relations and lobbying. In Nomos she has worked with and supported customers in the energy sector since the time of the privatisation of State-owned companies (Edison, Unione Petrolifera, Total, Electricity Market Operator, Assogas) and since then has gone to work with pharmaceutical industry customers, for whom she provides policy and legislative advice. At the end of 2013 she founded the Nomos Health Policy Laboratory, a company specialising in research and institutional communications in the healthcare sector, with a special focus on sustainable development projects. She has worked as a lecturer in "Information and publicising of parliamentary works", for the Masters course in Lobbying and Institutional Relations organised by the Luiss Management specialisation school and a lecturer in lobbying and institutional relations at the "Eidos" training school. After gaining experience in a Parliamentary Group (1985-1989), she then served as head of relations with Parliament for the Ferruzzi-Montedison Group (1989-1994), where her tasks included teaching energy sector denationalisation law. From 2004 to 2007 he was sole director of Stratinvest-Ru, a consulting company for Italian companies seeking to operate in Russia. From 2014 to 2017 she was Chairperson of the Nomos Health Policy Laboratory. In May 2016 she was elected to the Board of Directors of IREN Spa. In April 2019 he was elected to the board of directors of Atlantia Spa. In May 2019 was re-elected to the Board of Directors of IREN Spa. 

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Michele Rutigliano was born in Milan on 6 October 1953. He is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Business Management at Bocconi University. Formerly, he was a Professor in Economics of Financial Intermediaries and a lecturer in Finance and Corporate Valuation at the University of Verona. Other lecturing work includes teaching at the Bocconi University and the University of Brescia and Udine. He specialised in Finance at the Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania. He is a Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor (Italian Ministerial Decree 15/11/1999, OJ No. 100 of 17/12/1999, No. 102591). Most of his professional activity is in arbitration and technical consulting (official and party-appointed) in banking and finance, damage assessment for infringement of intellectual property rights, corporate and intangible assets valuation. He provides consulting services to the Court of Milan. He is the author of numerous publications on business management, banking and finance, budgets, industrial property and corporate valuation. He is Chairperson of the Board of Statutory Auditors or Standing Auditor in industrial and financial companies. He has held numerous positions in corporate bodies of listed and non-listed companies in the industrial and financial sectors.

Born in Reggio Emilia, Simone is 45 years old and is an associate of Baldi & Partners Avvocati e Commercialisti (Reggio Emilia); He is a former Chairperson of the Union of Young Chartered Accountants of Reggio Emilia and the Regional Coordinator for Emilia Romagna.

TRAINING

• 2012 - Completion of specialisation course "Financial Market Experts" organised by Borsa Italiana Spa and the National Council of Certified Public Accountants
• 2006 – Qualification to practice as a Chartered Accountant and Statutory Auditor
• 2000 - Degree in Business Administration at the University of Parma
   

SPECIFIC SKILLS ACCRUED

• Corporate and tax consulting
• Preparation of financial statements, budgets and business plans
• M&A and financial advisory activities
• Accounting and business due diligence
• Statutory Auditing in listed and non-listed industrial companies
•  Statutory auditing
• Consulting for management and reorganisation of business processes

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Economics graduate, Chartered Accountant enrolled in the Register of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Turin, member of the Register of Chartered Accountants and the Register of Statutory Auditors of Local Authorities; Rapporteur at the School of Advanced Training of the Register of Chartered Accountants of Turin - Course practitioners special module "The business crisis"; Secretary of the National Commission of Statutory Auditors - UNGDCEC (National Union of Young Chartered Accountants). She is a Standing Auditor in companies operating in the energy, additive manufacturing, consulting and investment industries.

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