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PRYSMIAN GROUP | DIRECTORS’ REPORT
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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, which he has headed 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 88 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 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 (Seoul) 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.