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Andrea Pirondini has been Chief Operating Officer of
Prysmian Group since January 2014. He has a degree in
Business Administration from the "Luigi Bocconi" Univer-
sity in Milan. He started his career in Pirelli Group in 1989,
holding various positions in the UK, Italy, Turkey, Russia and
Egypt over a 24-year period, both in the Tyres and Cables &
Systems businesses, where he was involved in restructuring
the manufacturing system for energy cables. In 2012 he was
appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Pirelli Tyre S.p.A, a
position he held until December 2013.
Hans Nieman has been Senior Vice President Energy Products
since January 2014. After graduating in Literature from the
University of Amsterdam, he embarked on a diplomatic
career with the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs, holding
several national and international posts. He started working
in the cable industry about 20 years ago after switching
to the private sector in 1992, and has since held various
positions in NKF, Pirelli and Prysmian. He became CEO of the
Submarine and High Voltage Cables division in 2002, and was
appointed CEO of Prysmian Germany in 2010, a position he
held until 2014.
Massimo Battaini has been Senior Vice President Energy
Projects since January 2014. He has a degree in Mechanical
Engineering from the Polytechnic University of Milan and an
MBA from SDA Bocconi (Milan). He started his career with
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 for two years, covering
the three Business Divisions of Tyres, Energy Cables and
Telecom Cables, in 2002 he become Operations Director of
Energy and Telecom Cables and Systems for Pirelli Group. In
2005 he was appointed CEO of Prysmian UK, and in January
2011 Chief Operating Officer of Prysmian Group.
Philippe Vanhille has been Senior Vice President Telecom
since May 2013. After graduating as a Mechanical Engineer
in Lyon (France) in 1989, he began his career as a Research
Engineer for Renault Formula 1 development. He moved to
the cable industry in 1991 with Alcatel Cable. Over the past 20
years he has held a number of senior Operations and General
Management positions within the cable industry for Alcatel
and Draka, and subsequently in the energy, copper telecom
and optical fibre sectors. He was head of Draka's Optical Fibre
Business Unit at the time of the Prysmian merger, holding
the same position in Prysmian Group until his appointment
as Senior VP Telecom.
PHILIPPE
VANHILLE
Senior Vice President
Telecom
MASSIMO
BATTAINI
Senior Vice President
Energy Projects
HANS
NIEMAN
Senior Vice President
Energy Products
ANDREA
PIRONDINI
Chief Operating
Officer