Executive Management

CEO - Valerio Battista
Prior to becoming CEO of Prysmian Cables and Systems in 2005 Valerio Battista had over 17 years' experience with the Pirelli Group. A graduate in Mechanical Engineering from Florence University, he first joined UnoAErre before developing his career within Pirelli: firstly in the Steel Cord structure (Pirelli Pneumatici), subsequently managing this division. He then held the position of Purchasing Director for the Tyre Division. In 2002, Valerio Battista became the Managing Director of the Energy Cables Division within Pirelli Cables and Systems and two years later also took responsibility for the Telecommunications Cable Division before the transition from Pirelli to Prysmian.

Director of Energy Cables Division - Fabio Romeo
Fabio Romeo is the Head of our Energy Cables & Systems division. He obtained a degree in Electronic Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan in 1979, an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from the University of California at Berkeley, in 1986 and 1989, respectively. His first work experience was in 1981 with Tema (ENI Group) as Project Manager for Chemical Plants. In 1982, he moved to Honeywell as Technical Advisor to the Honeywell’s CEO. In 1989 he joined the Electronics division of Magneti Marelli as Innovation Manager. In 1998 he was appointed Managing Director of the Electronics Systems division of Magneti Marelli. He joined the Pirelli Group in 2001 as Director of the Truck business unit for Pirelli Tyre division and, one year later, became the Utilities Director of the Cable division of the Pirelli Group. He has been the Head of our Energy Cables & Systems division since December 2004.

Director of Telecommunications Cables Division - Hakan Özmen
Hakan Özmen was appointed Director of Telecom Business of Prysmian Cables and Systems on July 1st, 2009. He joined Siemens/Pirelli (now Prysmian) Turkey in 1993 within the Internal Audit function. Then moved in 1999 for the Internal Audit function to Milan for Pirelli Tyres/Cables and Real Estate for EMEA until 2001, when he was appointed CFO of the Turkish affiliate and COO of the same affiliate respectively. In September 2005 he was appointed CEO of the Turkish Prysmian Affiliate and covered this position until the end of June 2009. Mr Özmen was born in Germany in 1970 and he graduated in Industrial Engineering at the Middle East Technical University in 1993. He gained an MBA at Yeditepe University in 1999.

Chief Financial Officer - Pier Francesco Facchini
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.