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He was born in Florence on 15 May 1952. 

After the end of his high school classical studies, he graduated with honours from a degree in Business and Economics at the University of Florence, while working first for a software company and then in the paper industry. 

He joined Pirelli’s Tyre Division in 1978, where he was promoted to executive in 1984. After a range of experience with Pirelli in commercial, marketing, M&A and management roles in both Italy and abroad, he was appointed as the Tyre Division’s General Manager in 2001. He was then made CEO of Pirelli Tyre S.p.A. in 2006, and General Manager of Pirelli & C. in 2009. In the 10 years under his leadership, Pirelli Tyre’s sales and EBITDA doubled, generating a positive cash flow, thanks to the implementation of a premium strategy which resulted in higher top and bottom-line growth with respect to competitors, culminating in Pirelli becoming the exclusive supplier for F1 from 2010. 

From 2006 to 2011, and for two consecutive terms, he was elected president of ETRMA, the European Rubber Manufacturers’ Association. *In 2012 he left the Pirelli Group of his own initiative. 

From 2013 to 2015 he was Industrial Advisor at Malacalza Investmenti, Pirelli’s second largest Shareholder at that time. 

In 2013 he was named as an Independent Director on the board of Snam S.p.A. and took on the role of Chairman for the Control and Risks Committee. He was re-elected for the subsequent three-year period, until 2022, and took on the role of Chairman for the Appointment Committee; he has been re-elected for the third three-year period up to 2022 and taken on the role of Chairman for the Control and Risks Committee. 

From 2014 to 2018 he has been the Managing Director of the Corporate Credit Recovery 1 fund for Dea Capital Alternatives Funds SGR (part of the De Agostini Group) and from 2018 to 2020 he was the Senior Advisor for the Corporate Credit Recovery 1 and 2 funds. 

In 2015 he was appointed as a non-executive director for the Supervisory and Management Boards of Apollo Tyres, an industry leader listed in India. *From 2016 to 2018 he assumed the executive chairmanship of Benetton Group S.r.l. 

In 2021 he was co-opted onto the Board of Directors of IED - Istituto Europeo di Design and appointed CEO. 

He has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 18 September 2018. He has been Chairman of the Control and Risks Committee from 2018 to 2024 and currently he is member of the Remunerations and Nominations Committee. He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes. 

The Board of Directors has verified that Mr Gori meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company. 

- January 2025 –

He was born in Arezzo on 8 January 1957.

He graduated with a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Florence. Valerio Battista is a manager with extensive knowledge and understanding of the industrial sector with more than 30 years of experience gained first with the Pirelli Group and then with the Prysmian Group, where he assumed the leadership role in 2005. Within the Pirelli Group he held positions of increasing responsibility, particularly in the restructuring and reorganisation of Pirelli Cavi, which became one of the most profitable and competitive organisations in the industry under his leadership from 2002 to 2004. In 2005, he played a key role in the creation of Prysmian Group, leading to its listing on the Stock Exchange in 2007. The Group, in which he has been the CEO up to April 2024, is a world leader in the energy and telecom cable industry, with around 30,000 employees and 108 plants worldwide.

Since June 2014 to March 2019 he has been the Chairman of Europacable and he also served as a member of the Board of Directors and Lead Independent Director of Brembo S.p.A.

He has been a member of the Prysmian Board of Directors since December 2005. He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

- January 2025 -

He was born in Varese on 1 August 1961.

He has a degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan and an MBA from SDA Bocconi. He started his career in the Pirelli Group in 1987 and held various positions in R&D and Operations over an 18-year period. After running the Business Development department between 2000 and 2002 covering the three Business Divisions of Tyres, Energy Cables and Telecom Cables, he was appointed as Operation Director of Pirelli Cavi e Sistemi Energia and Telecom. In 2005, he was appointed as CEO of Prysmian UK and in January 2011 Chief Operating Officer of the Group, a post he held until 2014, when he became Business Energy Projects Manager and Chairman and CEO of Prysmian PowerLink S.r.l. He remained in this role until the end of June 2018. Since then he assumed the role of North America CEO until February 2021 when he assumed the role of Chief Operating Officer of the Group. Since April 2024 he is the CEO of Prysmian Group.

He has been a member of the Prysmian Board of Directors since February 2014. He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

- January 2025 -

She was born in Mantova (Italy) on 24 December 1965

She is Chairwoman and CEO of Marcegaglia Holding, Vice-Chairwoman and CEO of Marcegaglia Steel and subsidiaries operating in the steel processing sector. Chairwoman and CEO of Marcegaglia Investments, the holding company that controls the Group's diversified activities.

After graduating with honours in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, she attended the International Management Program-Master in Business Administration at New York University. Alongside her constant commitment in the Marcegaglia Group companies’ activity, she embarked on a career path that led her to hold - in many cases, as the first woman in history - several important top management positions. Among the main ones are:

• Chairwoman Confindustria (2008-2012), the first woman to be elected Chair and the youngest in the association's then almost 100-year history (Confindustria was founded in 1910).
• Chairwoman Luiss, Libera Università Internazionale Studi Sociali Guido Carli (from 2010 to 2019, again the first woman to hold the position).
• Chairwoman Business Europe, the association representing European Confindustries, a role she held from 2013 until 2017, renewed for two terms (the maximum possible) and the first woman to hold the position.
• Chairwoman of Eni (from 2014 to 2020), appointed by the Italian Government at the head of a company participated by the same Government, the first time for a woman.
• Chairwoman B20: appointed by the Chairman of Confindustria in November 2020. Again, as the first woman. In parallel with the Italian presidency of the G20 (a first for Italy), Confindustria, as the sole organiser representing Italian companies, was tasked with managing and coordinating the G20 Business Summit (B20), the G20's most influential engagement group.
• Chairwoman B7: in 2024, on the recommendation of Confindustria, she was appointed president of B7. At the same time to the Italian presidency of the G7, Confindustria, again as the sole organiser representing Italian companies, had the task of manage and coordinate the G7 Business Summit (B7), the most authoritative engagement group of the G7

She is a member of the Executive Committee of BIAC, the OCSE advisory body; she is vice-Chairwoman of ISPI, the Institute for International Policy Studies; she sits on the Board of Directors of Bracco S.p.A. and Gabetti Property Solutions.

She has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 18 April 2024, when she was elected from the slate presented by the Board of Directors. That slate achieved the majority of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting. She is the Lead Independent Director and a member of the Sustainability Committee since April 2024.

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. Marcegaglia meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2025 -

Independent Non-Executive Director. 

He was born in Rome on 1st June 1964. 

He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from “La Sapienza” University of Rome in 1989. He holds a Certificate in Capital Markets from New York University (1990), and a Master in Business Administration from Harvard Business School (1994). Manager with significant executive, financial and risk management experience. He has more than 35 years of international management expertise in various industrial sectors, ranging across industrial, transportation, infrastructure and technology on several continents including North and South America, Greater Europe, the Middle East and Asia Pacific. He possesses a wide range of general management skills, achieved through significant executive and non-executive practice acquired in a variety of positions, including: Chief Transformation Officer and Chief Restructuring Officer of Astaldi S.p.A. (2019-2021); CFO and Portfolio Manager of Renova Management AG (2015-2016); CFO and then Deputy General Manager of Alitalia Compagnia Aerea Italiana S.p.A. (2009-2014); General Manager of Merloni Finanziaria S.p.A and CFO of AristonGroup (2003-2008); Co-Chief Executive Officer of eNutrix S.p.A. (2000-2003), as well as Associate Partner at McKinsey & Company for their offices in Buenos Aires, Rome and Zurich (1994-2000) and Assistant Director at Leonardo S.p.A. in the New York office (1989-1992). Since December 2024, he is Chairman of the Board of Construction Holding S.p.A. Since June 2024, he is member of the Board of Directors of Weev.ie Holdco Ltd. Since May 2022, he is an independent member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Sustainability Committee, member of the Control and Risk Committee of Fincantieri S.p.A.. Since April 2021, he is member of the Board of Directors, Chairman of the Control, Risks & Sustainability Committee (2021-2023) and member of such Committee (2023-present) of Telepass S.p.A.. He was Chairman of the Board, Chairman of the Control, Risks & Finance Committee, member of the Remuneration & Nominations Committee of Be Power S.p.A. (2019-2021), until its sale to ENI; Board member and Chairman of AirOne S.p.A. (2009-2014); Independent Board Member and member of the Control & Risks Committee for Indesit S.p.A. (2013-2014), until its sale to Whirpool Group; Board member, Chairman of the Audit & Finance Committee, member of the Nominations & Compensation Committee for Octo Telematics Ltd (2015-2017); Board member, Chairman of the Compensation Committee and member of the Nominating & Governance Committee for CIFC Asset Management Corporation (2015-2016). 

He has been a member of the Board of Directors since 12 April 2018. He has been a member of the Remuneration and Nomination Committee since 2018 to April 2024, serving as the Chairman of the same Committee from 2020. Since April 2024 he has been member of the Control and Risks Committee. 

He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from a slate presented jointly by a group of shareholders affiliated with asset management companies and institutional investors. This slate achieved the second highest number of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting. 

The Board of Directors has verified that Mr Amato meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company. 

- January 2025 –

She was born in Amsterdam (The Netherlands) on October 28th, 1970. 

Jaska de Bakker brings over 30 years of work experience and has worked and lived in Europe, Asia and the United States. Her career can be summarized as starting in strategy consulting for about seven years, then moving from a commercial director role via M&A to Finance. More recently she was group CFO in two global companies, for a total of 10 years. The extensive experience in a variety of leadership roles has brought her a combination of a strong strategic mind with broad Finance and M&A skills. 

She graduated in 1994 from the University of Amsterdam with a Master in Econometrics. After that she started her consulting career at Arthur D. Little followed by a full time MBA at Kellogg Northwestern University in Chicago, US. She specialized in Strategy and Finance and graduated top of class. After a summer internship at Boston Consulting Group (BCG) in 1998, she joined BCG again after graduation. De Bakker worked one year in Milan as BCG Ambassador (2001). In 2003 she left BCG to join CSM, a listed conglomerate, as a Commercial director for the Sugar Confectionery division 

In 2010 she became CFO and member of the Executive Board for DHV, a Dutch based global engineering and consulting firm. DHV merged with Royal Haskoning in 2012 and she became CFO of the merged company. She played a key role in the merger and integration and in defining and implementing the new strategy for the combined company. Early 2017 De Bakker joined Royal FrieslandCampina, a cooperative in the top 5 of global Dairy companies. She started as a regional CFO for Asia, based in Singapore. As part of that responsibility, she joined several boards in Asia, of which some were for listed entities. At the start of 2018 she became Group CFO and member of the Executive Board, based in The Netherlands. At FrieslandCampina she has played a key role in strategy definition and transformation, integrating reporting (financial and ESG), strengthening the finance and IT functions, driving digital and data analytics as well as issuing a listed hybrid bond. 

In August 2020 she joined the Supervisory Board of non-profit organization, The Ocean Cleanup. Mid 2021 she left FrieslandCampina. In April 2022 she joined Redcare Pharmacy NV (at that time called Shop Apotheke Europe NV) as a member of the Supervisory Board. EuropeRedcare is the leading online pharmacy in Europe, listed in Frankfurt. In June 2023 she joined Nobian U.A., a base chemical company as a Non-Executive director. This private equity owned company is active in North West Europe and headquartered in the Netherlands. In April 2024 she joined AkzoNobel as a member of the Supervisory Board. AkzoNobel is a global paints and coatings company. 

She has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 28 April 2021. She is a member of the Control and Risks Committee since 2021, serving as committee’s chairwoman from April 2024. 

She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes. 

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. De Bakker meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company. 

- January 2025 –

He was born in Lugo (Ravenna - Italy) on 4 August 1967.

He has been Prysmian Group CFO since January 2007. After receiving his degree in Business Economics in 1991 from the "Luigi Bocconi" University in Milan, his initial work experience was at Nestlè Italia, where from 1991 to 1995 he held different posts in the Administration and Finance area. Since then, he has held various roles with increasing responsibilities in the areas of Administration and Finance, Controlling and Risk Management. From 1995 to 2001, he worked in several companies in the Panalpina Group, holding the position of Regional Financial Controller for Asia and the South Pacific and Head of Accounting, Finance and Control for Panalpina Korea (Seoul) and Panalpina Italia Trasporti Internazionali S.p.A. In April 2001, he was appointed Finance Director at Fiat Auto Consumer Services business unit, leaving in 2003 to become CFO at the Benetton Group, a post he held until November 2006.

He has been a member of the Prysmian Board of Directors since February 2007. He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

- January 2025 -

She was born in Hamburg (Germany) on April 4th, 1970.

Ines hold degrees in Process- and Energy Engineering from Technical University of Berlin (Germany), in Industrial Engineering from Ecole des Mines de St.Etienne (France) and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (France, Singapore).

After beginning her career in consulting with the firm AT. Kearney in 1997, she later joined Ericsson in Germany in an international sales role. Following that she joined the private equity company Arques AG in 2003, where she became the CFO of a portfolio company, Completel, a telecom operator. Later she became the CFO of Arques AG, before joining a new portfolio company, SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG, a specialty chemicals company in 2004. She became CEO of SKW and after 2 years she took the company public on the German stock exchange. Ines left SKW after almost 10 years as CEO in order to join EWE AG, a large German utility company as their CTO/COO in 2015. From 2017 to 2020 she was member of the executive board of Aperam SA, a stainless steel producer in Luxemburg, assuming the responsibility for the downstream activities, the sales as well as the supply chain.

Currently she is managing partner in Matterwave Ventures, a venture capital fund specialized in industrial tech. Furthermore, she holds the following mandates. Board member of ETEX SA, a building materials company based in Belgium, which she joined in 2022. At ETEX SA, she is the chair of the audit committee and a member of the sustainability committee. Board member of Topsoe S/A a chemicals company from Denmark, where she is member of the audit ESG and risk committee (since 2023).

Other board mandates that she held were Fuchs Petrolub SE, a lubricant producer in Germany (2011-2015), Suez SA an environmental company headquartered in France (2013-2018) and Umicore SA, a chemicals company with headquarters in Belgium (2011-2023). At Umicore she was the chair of the audit committee. She also used to be a board member of Boralex Inc, a renewable IPP (independent power producer) based in Canada (2022-2024).

She has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 28 April 2021. She is a member of the Sustainability Committee since 2021, serving as committee’s chairwoman from April 2024.

She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. Kolmsee meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2025 -

He was born in New Delhi (India) on October 16th, 1966.

After graduating from Purdue University in US withe BSME in Mechanical Engineering in 1989, he began his career at Cooper Power Systems in the US. He then joined ABB in 1998. After three years working in the US as a Manufacturing Project Manager for the Transformer Factory of the Future and as Program Manager for Advanced Manufacturing Technologies (USCRC), in 2001 he embarked on his first international experience as Production Manager in Circuit Breakers Operations in the High Voltage Products Division in Sweden. Between 2002 and 2006, he held various managerial positions in Switzerland from BU Functional Manager in High Voltage Products Operations to SCM Project Manager in Cost Migration and then taking on the role as Product Group Manager of Breakers & Systems in the High Voltage Division at ABB Headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. In 2007, he became Head of the Transformers Business Unit.

In 2010, he was appointed President of Low Voltage Products Division. In 2016, he became President of Electrification Products Division. Given a change in nomenclature back in April 2019, he became President of Electrification Business Area and effective April 1st2022, President of Motion Business Area. He has been a Member of the Executive Group Executive Committee of ABB Ltd. Switzerland since 2010. He has also been a Member of the Board of Trustees at Inter-Community School (ICS) from 2016 to 2023. From 2014 until June 2020, he served as a Non-Executive Director of ABB India Limited as well as being a Member of their Audit Committee.

Since September 2024 he is the President and CEO of The Timken Company, US company listed at NYSE.

He has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 28 April 2021. He is a member of the Control and Risks Committee since 2021.

He was elected to his current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes

The Board of Directors has verified that Mr. Mehta meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2025 -

He was born in Bath (England) on 3 December 1966.

He served as the Chief Financial Officer (CFO) of Stellantis N.V. from January 2021 to June 2023 with responsibility for all financial activities, investor relations and information technology. Prior to that he was the CFO of Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V. (FCA) from 2011 to 2020 where his responsibilities also included business development and where he was appointed to the board of directors in 2019.

He also served as Chief Operating Officer of the Systems and Castings business and was appointed to the FCA US LLC Board of Directors in 2014. He was appointed to the Group Executive Council (GEC) for Fiat Chrysler Automobiles N.V., in September 2011. The GEC was the highest management-level decision-making body within the FCA organization.

Palmer was appointed CFO, FCA US (fka Chrysler Group) in June 2009.

He joined FCA (fka Fiat Group) in 2003 as CFO of Comau, and later moved to Iveco in the same role. Previously, from 1997 until 2003, Palmer was Finance Manager for several business units at General Electric Oil & Gas. Palmer spent the first years of his career in Audit with United Technologies Corporation and Price Waterhouse.

His professional and academic background includes:

• 2021 - 2023, CFO, Stellantis N.V.;
• 2019 – 2020, Member of Board of Directors, FCA N.V.;
• 2018 – 2020, Head of Business Development, FCA N.V.;
• 2016 - 2020, Chief Operating Officer Systems and Castings;
• 2011 – 2020, CFO & GEC member FCA N.V.;
• 2014 – 2023, Board of Directors, FCA US LLC;
• 2009 - 2017, CFO, FCA US;
• 2006, CFO, Fiat Group Automobiles S.p.A.;
• 2005, CFO, Iveco;
• 2003, CFO, Comau;
• 1997, Finance Manager, General Electric Oil & Gas;
• 1994, Audit Manager, United Technologies Corp.;
• 1988, Staff Accountant and Manager, Price Waterhouse;

He is a Chartered Accountant and member of the ICAEW (UK) and holds a Bachelor of Science in Microbiology from the University of Warwick (UK). Palmer was a member of the board of LSC Communications Inc. and of the predecessor company RRDonnelley Inc. from 2013-2019.

He has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 18 April 2024, when he was elected from the slate presented by the Board of Directors. That slate achieved the majority of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting. He has been a member and the Chairman of the Remunerations and Nominations Committee since April 2024.

- January 2025 -

She was born in Hollywood, CA (USA) on 5 December 1968. 

Susannah Stewart holds a Bachelor of Science degree in international business with a Master's degree in industrial psychology, and professional certifications as a Logistics & Packaging Design Engineer, and a Certified Advanced Sustainability & ESG Professional. 

She is an expert in the areas of international strategy, sustainability, innovation, and risk management. She has worked in a variety of industries, including real estate, energy, manufacturing, luxury yachting, fashion, food, and advanced technology. She has extensive international experience and has held senior positions in several companies and organizations including Innovation Manager and engineering management positions in General Motors Delco Defense Division between 1991 and 1997, Global Strategic Accounts Director in Ingram Micro between 1998 and 2000, Vice President Strategy and Development in Benetton Group between 2000 and 2001, Managing Director in World Strategies in 2001-2006 and 2008-2010), CEO (EMEA) and Chief Strategy & Business Development Officer in Aicon Group between 2006 and 2008, Executive Director of the Sustainability Institute, leader of the Accessibility Innovation Task Force, and Global Leader Sustainability & Energy at Honeywell International from 2020 to 2023. 

She is currently COO & Chief Innovation & Sustainability Officer of Planet Forward (Planet Smart City Group), a company that develops affordable housing as well as sustainable and innovative real estate projects around the world. She is active in the nonprofit and social sector having served as a mentor, board member, and founder of several initiatives and organizations including The Honor Foundation, The Chiarmen's Roundtable, San Diego Sports Innovators, Conscious Capitalism Roundtable, FAIR Girls, and The Going Blue Foundation. She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 18 April 2024. She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting from a slate presented jointly by a group of shareholders affiliated with asset management companies and institutional investors. This slate achieved the second highest number of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting. She is a member of the Sustainability Committee since April 2024. 

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. Stewart meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company. 

- January 2025 -

She was born in Biella (Italy) on May 30th, 1971.

After graduating in Management Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, Italy, Annalisa Stupenengo started her career in 1996 in the Sales & Marketing area of the Fiat Group. In the early years of her professional career, she worked in Morocco, Sweden and Italy in increasing managerial roles ranging from Sales, Project Management and Purchasing within Fiat Group and GM/Fiat joint ventures.

In 2006 she contributed to establishing the Fiat Powertrain Sector Purchasing department, first as head of Commodity then leading the organization until 2010 as its Purchasing Vice President.

In 2008 Ms. Stupenengo was also appointed Vice President of the Electrical Commodity with global responsibility for Europe, USA, Brazil, China and India within Fiat Group Purchasing.

In 2010 Annalisa Stupenengo joined CNH as Senior Vice President Purchasing. In January 2013 she became Head of Group Purchasing EMEA Region for FCA, then in September 2013 she rejoined CNH Industrial as Chief Purchasing Officer and was a member of the CNH Industrial Group Executive Council (GEC).

From 2015 – 2018 she held the posts of Brand President, FPT Industrial Brand and President, Powertrain Product Segment and was a member of the Board of Directors at Welltec International ApS.

Since 2019 she assumed the role of President and CEO of Powertrain and then as Chief Operations Officer of Iveco Group until 2022.

Since July 2023 she is CEO in Landi Renzo S.p.A., worldwide leading company in the sustainable mobility.

She has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 28 April 2021. She is a member of the Remunerations and Nominations Committee since 2021.

She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 18 April 2024 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

The Board of Directors has verified that Mrs. Stupenengo meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2025 -