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ANDREA PIRONDINI
Chief Operating Officer
Andrea Pirondini has been Chief Operating Officer of Prysmian Group since January 2014. He has a degree
in Business Administration from the "Luigi Bocconi" University 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.
MASSIMO BATTAINI
Senior Vice President Energy Projects
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, a position he held until January 2014.
HANS NIEMAN
Senior Vice President Energy Products
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.
PHILIPPE VANHILLE
Senior Vice President Telecom Business
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.