Executive Management

Valerio Battista - Chief Executive Officer (CEO)
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Florence University, Valerio Battista is a manager with extensive knowledge and understanding of the industrial sector after more than 20 years of experience, initially with the Pirelli Group and then with the Prysmian Group, of which he took the lead in 2005. He held positions of increasing responsibility in the Pirelli Group, particularly for the restructuring and reorganisation of Pirelli Cavi, which in the period 2002-2005 was taken from zero profit to being one of the most profitable and competitive in its industry. In 2005 he played a key part in the creation of the Prysmian Group, leading to its flotation in 2007. The Group of which he is currently Chief Executive Officer is world leader in the energy and telecom cables industry: with 22,000 employees and 98 plants around the world, Prysmian Group is one of Italy's most international companies. Prysmian is listed on the Milan Stock Exchange in the Blue Chip segment.

Fabio Romeo - Executive Vice President Energy Business 
Fabio Romeo has been Executive Vice President Energy Business since July 2011. After graduating in Electronic Engineering at Milan's Polytechnic University in 1979, he then obtained an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences at the University of California in Berkeley. He began his career at Tema (ENI Group) as Product Manager for its chemical plants and in 1982 he moved to Honeywell as a technical advisor to the Group's CEO. In 1989 he joined Magneti Marelli as Innovation Manager of the Electronics division, later becoming Director of the Electronics Systems division. In 2001 he moved to Pirelli Group, where he held the position of Director in charge of the Pirelli Tyre division's Truck business unit, and Director in charge of the Pirelli Cable division's Utilities business. Between 2004 and 2010 he was the Director of Prysmian’s Energy Cables division.

Phil Edwards -  Executive Vice President Telecom Business  
Phil Edwards has been Executive Vice President Telecom Business since July 2011. After graduating as a Bachelor of Science from Swansea University in 1979, he began his graduate training in the Dunlop Group before moving into the cable industry in 1981 with ITT. Over the past 30 years he has held a number of senior engineering, operations and general management/executive positions within the cable industry including with ITT, Nortel, Pirelli and Marconi. He joined Draka in 2000 and relocated to the Netherlands where his position at the time of the Prysmian merger was President of the Draka Communications Group.

Massimo Battaini - Chief Operating Officer (COO)
Massimo Battaini has been Chief Operating Officer of Prysmian Group since January 2011. He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan and an MBA from SDA Bocconi (Milan). He started his career in Pirelli Group in 1987 and held various positions in R&D and Operations over an 18-year period. After running the Business Development department for two years, covering the three Business Divisions of Tyres, Energy Cables and Telecom Cables, in 2002 he become Operations Director of Energy Cables and Telecom Cables for Pirelli Group. In 2005 he was appointed CEO of Prysmian UK, a role he held until December 2010.

Pier Francesco Facchini - Chief Financial Officer (CFO)
Pier Francesco Facchini became CFO of our Group in January 2007. He obtained a degree in Business Economics from Bocconi University (Milan) in 1991. His first work experience was with Nestlé Italia where, from 1991 up to 1995, he held different positions in the Management and Finance departments. From 1995 up to 2001, he worked with the Panalpina Group where he held the position of Regional Financial Controller for the Asia-Pacific region. During his career at the Panalpina Group he was also appointed CFO of Panalpina Korea and Panalpina Italia Trasporti Internazionali S.p.A. In April 2001, Mr. Facchini was appointed CFO of the Consumer Services Business Unit of Fiat Auto and from 2003 until November 2006, he held the position of CFO of the Benetton Group.

Frank Dorjee - Chief Strategy Officer
Prior to becoming Chief Strategy Officer of the Prysmian Group, Frank Dorjee was CEO of Draka, a position he had held since January 2010. Prior to this he was CFO. In his six years at Draka, Frank was instrumental in focusing the company’s strategic and financial objectives and in driving its reorganization from a country-based model to a divisional organization structure. Frank joined Draka following a successful tenure as a partner at KPMG and CFO at Van der Moolen. Frank has a Master’s degree in business economics and tax law from the University of Amsterdam. He is also a Certified Public Accountant.