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DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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| 2013 ANNUAL REPORT | PRYSMIAN GROUP
TOP MANAGERS (*)
VALERIO BATTISTA
Chief Executive Officer
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, whose top position he has held since 2005. He held positions
of increasing responsibility within the Pirelli Group, including for the restructuring
and reorganisation of Pirelli Cavi, which in the period 2002-2004 was transformed
into one of the most profitable and competitive companies 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 CEO is world leader in the energy and
telecom cables industry, with approximately 19,000 employees and 91 plants around
the world.
FABIO ROMEO
Chief Strategy Officer
Fabio Romeo has been Chief Strategy Officer since January 2014. After graduating
in Electronic Engineering from Milan’s Polytechnic University in 1979, he then
obtained an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical Engineering and Computer Sciences from
the University of California, Berkeley. He began his career with 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 the Pirelli Group, where he held
the positions of Director in charge of the Truck business unit and Director in charge
of the Pirelli Cable division’s Utilities business. From 2005, he held the position of
Director of Prysmian’s Energy Cables division, becoming the Group’s Executive Vice
President of the Energy Business in 2011.
PIER FRANCESCO FACCHINI
Chief Financial Officer
Pier Francesco Facchini became CFO of the Prysmian Group in January 2007. He
graduated in Business Economics in 1991 from the “Luigi Bocconi” University
in Milan. His first professional experience was with Nestlè Italia, where he held
different positions in the Accounting and Finance department between 1991 and
1995. From 1995 up to 2001, he worked for the Panalpina Group where he held the
position of Regional Financial Controller for the Asia-Pacific region. During his
career with the Panalpina Group he was also appointed CFO of Panalpina Korea
and Panalpina Italia Trasporti Internazionali S.p.A.. In April 2001 he was appointed
Finance Director of Fiat Auto’s Consumer Services business unit, leaving in 2003 to
become CFO of the Benetton Group, a post he held until November 2006.
(*) As from 1 January 2014 the Group has adopted a new organisational structure and made new managerial appointments, as reflected above.
