Board Directors' biographies
Gian Maria Gros-Pietro (Turin, 1942).
Chair of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo since April 2016, after being Chair of the Management Board of the Bank from May 2013.
He currently serves as Senior Deputy Chair of the Italian Banking Association (ABI). He is a member of the Committee of Market Operators and Investors at Consob and of the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana. He was the (non-executive and independent) Chair of ASTM (2012-2020), Lead Independent Director of Edison (2005-2019), an Independent Director of Fiat (2005-2014), Chair of Atlantia (2003–2010), Chair of ENI (1999-2002) and of IRI (1997-1999).
From 1994 to 1997, he was a member of the Advisory and Guarantee Committee for Privatisations, established at the Ministry of Treasury.
He was Full Professor of Business Economics at the University of Turin (1980-2004) and at Luiss University of Rome (2004-2012), where he founded and directed the Department of Economic and Business Science (2004-2011). From 1974 to 1995, he was the Director of the Institute for Economic Research on Firms and Growth, the main body of the CNR (the Italian National Research Council) in the economic field.
Paola Tagliavini (Milan, 1968).
A member of the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2022 and appointed Deputy Chair in 2025. Within the Board, she also serves as Chair of the Risk and Sustainability Committee and is a member of both the Related Party Transactions Committee and the Governance Committee.
She holds a degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan and has been a certified statutory auditor since 1999. She is involved in academic work as a Contract Professor in the Department of Accounting at Bocconi University and as a Senior Lecturer in Audit & Risk Management at SDA Bocconi School of Management. At SDA Bocconi, she also serves as Co-Director of the Enterprise Risk Management (ERM) Lab and is a Faculty member in executive programs, the Master in Corporate Finance, and the Executive Master in Finance, with significant involvement in international programs.
Professionally, she is an external Co-Partner at DGPA & Co, where she is responsible for the Risk Management area. She has held senior positions in the consulting sector, including: Director of AON Global Risk Consulting for Italy and Turkey (2009–2011), Senior Manager for Corporate Risk and Insurance at Oliver Wyman (2007–2009), Director of the Business Risk Advisory Unit at Marsh Italia, and Member of the European Advisory Board of Marsh Risk Consulting (1999–2007).
She currently serves on the Board of Directors of Rai Way as an Independent Director and Chair of the Control, Risk, and Sustainability Committee. She is also Chair of the Supervisory Body of FAI – Fondo per l’Ambiente Italiano ETS - and a member of the National 231/2001 Observatory of the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts.
Throughout her career, she has held numerous roles in governance, control, and supervisory bodies, including serving as an Independent Director of Saipem, Interpump Group, Eurizon Capital SGR, Eurizon Capital SA, Eurizon Capital Real Asset SGR, Fideuram Asset Management SGR, Amissima Assicurazioni, Amissima Vita, Amissima Holding, Be Shaping the Future, SAVE (Venice Airport), and DELCLIMA. She has also served as statutory auditor for OVS, Brembo, and RCS MediaGroup.
She has experience serving on Supervisory Bodies pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001 in both listed and unlisted companies operating in the industrial, real estate, financial, and insurance sectors.
Carlo Messina (Rome, 1962).
Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo since 29 September 2013.
A graduate of Economics and Business from Luiss University of Rome, he began his career at Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, where he held the position of Manager in charge of the Corporate Finance - Primary Markets and Corporate Finance Department. While developing his professional career, he carried out intense academic activities as Professor of Economics of Financial Intermediaries at the Business Administration Master of the Luiss School of Management and as Professor of Corporate Finance at the Department of Economics and Business of the University of Ancona. In 1992, he joined Bonifiche Siele Finanziaria (Parent Company of the Banca Nazionale dell’Agricoltura banking group), where he held the position of Manager in charge of the Planning and Strategic Control Department. From 1996, he was Manager in charge of Planning at Banco Ambrosiano Veneto and, in 2002, he became the Head of the Planning and Control Head Office Department at Banca Intesa. At Intesa Sanpaolo, in 2007, he was Head of the Value Creation Governance Area, became Chief Financial Officer in 2008, General Manager and Chief Financial Officer in 2012. In 2013, he took on the role of General Manager of the Bank, Head of the Chief Financial Officer Governance Area and Head of the Banca dei Territori Division. In September of the same year, he became Managing Director and CEO, while maintaining the position of General Manager. Since April 2016, within the one-tier corporate governance system, he has been Managing Director and CEO, General Manager and sole executive Board Director.
He is currently a member of the Executive Committee of the Italian Banking Association (the ABI), a Fellow of the Foreign Policy Association of New York, a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University and a member of the Bocconi University Board.
In 2017, he was awarded the “Cavaliere del Lavoro” knighthood by the President of the Italian Republic, Sergio Mattarella.
In October 2022, he received the Honorary Master’s Degree in Management Engineering from the Politecnico di Bari.
In March 2024, the University of Padua awarded him an Honorary Master’s Degree in Economics and Finance.
Mariangela Zappia (Viadana, 1959).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo and a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee and the Board’s Governance Committee.
She was the Ambassador of ltaly to the United States of America from July 2021, the first woman to hold this position.
She graduated in Political Science and International Relations from the University of Florence, where she also obtained a specialisation in Diplomatic Studies and International Relations.
She embarked on a diplomatic career holding increasingly senior positions at: the Italian Embassy in Dakar, Senegal (1986-1990), the Consulate General in New York (1990-1993), the Press Service and Spokesperson's Office of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs in Rome (1994-1997), the Italian Embassy in Brussels (1997-2000); the Permanent Mission to the United Nations in New York (2000-2003); as Head of the Mediterranean, Middle East, and Balkans Office at the Directorate-General for Development Cooperation, Ministry of Foreign Affairs (2007); Permanent Mission of Italy to the United Nations in Geneva (2007-2011).
She was European Union Ambassador to the UN and International Organizations in Geneva (2011-2014), Permanent Representative of Italy to the North Atlantic Council (NATO) in Brussels (2014- 2016); Diplomatic Advisor to the Prime Minister and G7-G20 Sherpa (2016-2018); Permanent Representative of Italy to the United Nations in New York (2018-2021).
In her career, she gained extensive leadership and managerial experience of complex structures. She is a regular speaker on international politics and economics, Italy's role, and a variety of multilateral and global security topics.
She is a member of the Board of Directors of the Italian Academy at Columbia University in New York, of the Advisory Board of Innovit in San Francisco, and of the Board of Directors of the Council for U.S.-Italy Relations. She is Honorary President of the Board of Directors of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy. She was a Member of the Senate of the International Automobile Federation (2018-2021).
She is Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commendatore).
She received the "Mela D'Oro" award (2019) by the Fondazione Marisa Bellisario for the advancement of women in public institutions; the "Top Diplomacy'' award (2022) by the Fondazione Guido Carli; and the "Robert Francis Kennedy Human Rights" award (2023) by the RFK Italy Foundation.
Franco Ceruti (Brunate, 1952).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2016, a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee and the Board’s Risks and Sustainability Committee.
He joined Cariplo in 1973 and has spent his entire professional career within the Intesa Sanpaolo Group. He started to hold management positions in 1982 and gained experience mainly in the local network as Manager at a number of Branches and Offices, as well as Regional Areas of Lombardy, Veneto, Trentino Alto Adige and Friuli. He was a Regional Manager at the Parent Company from 2002, and Manager of the Regional Governance Centre for Milan and its Province from 2008. He was President of the Lombardy Regional Commission of the Italian Banking Association (the ABI) from 2008 to 2014. A former Board Director of Banca Prossima, Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura, and Mediocredito Italiano, he currently sits on the Board of Directors of Intesa Sanpaolo Private Banking and of Intesa Sanpaolo Expo Institutional Contact of which he is Chair. He also chairs the Board of Directors of Società Benefit Cimarosa 1. He has been a member of the Board at the Milan Chamber of Commerce, Industry, Handicraft and Agriculture since 2012 and Chair of Fondazione Innovazione Terzo Settore (FITS) since 2018.
In 2011, by decree signed by the President of the Italian Republic, he was honoured with the long-service star and awarded the title of Master of Labour.
Paolo Maria Vittorio Grandi (Milan, 1954).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo, he chairs the Board’s Governance Committee and is a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee.
Graduated cum laude in Political Science from the Università Cattolica of Milan, he completed postgraduate studies at the ICMB (lnternational Center for Monetary and Banking Studies) in Geneva.
He began his professional career at the Headquarters of Credito Italiano focusing on the analysis of trends in industrial sectors, as well as designing and implementing a business cycle analysis model to support the loan process. In Mediocredito Lombardo from 1982, he developed the strategic marketing function for the General Manager and managed the extraordinary operations that affected the bank up to the transformation into a credit institution.
From 1990, he set up and developed Cariplo's Group presence in the Merchant Banking area with responsibility for investment activities (private equity), acquisition finance and advisory (corporate finance). From December 2000, in Banca Intesa, he was Co-Head of the Private Equity Department.
In June 2002, he took up the position, reporting directly to the CEO of Banca Intesa, of Head of Banca Intesa's Group Shareholdings Department, including direct responsibility for Group Mergers & Acquisitions. From January 2007 to 2013, he was Head of the General Secretariat of Intesa Sanpaolo Supervisory Board reporting directly to the Chair, Prof. Giovanni Bazoli.
From 2013 until 2024, as Chief Governance Officer, he supervised the Group M&A and Equity Investments Department, Legal and Litigation Department - Group General Counsel -, the Corporate Bodies and Corporate Affairs Department, the Arts, Culture and Historical Heritage Department.
In 2020, he led the working group that launched and successfully managed the bid for UBI Banca. From 2 April 2024 to 28 April 2025, he was Senior Advisor to the Group CEO in charge of managing relations with the ECB, the Board of Directors and institutional shareholders.
He currently serves as Chair of Intesa Sanpaolo Holding International SA Luxembourg as well as a Board member of ISP Wealth Management (formerly CBP Quilvest), Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, CAMFIN, CENTAI Institute.
Luciano Nebbia (Palestro, 1953).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2019 and a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee.
He began his professional career in 1973 at Istituto Bancario San Paolo di Torino within the local branch network. Subsequently, he held increasingly senior positions at Leasint (a leasing company owned by the San Paolo Group and other leading banks) until he became General Manager in 1995. From 1995 to 1998, he was Country Manager for Italy at the Real Estate Leasing Commission, on behalf of Assilea (an association of Italian leasing companies linked to the Italian Banking Association - the ABI), and became its Vice President at European level.
In 1999, he took over responsibility for the Turin Area at Sanpaolo IMI and, subsequently, he was Head of the Milan Province Area at Intesa Sanpaolo until 2008. From 2009 he was Regional Manager of the Tuscany-Umbria Area and from 2012 Regional Manager for Tuscany, Umbria, Lazio and Sardinia. From 2008 to 2011 he was also General Manager of Banca CR Firenze. He subsequently became a Board Director of Banca CR Firenze and then its Deputy Chair, a position he held until February 2019 when he also ceased to hold the same position at Cassa di Risparmio di Pistoia e della Lucchesia following the merger by incorporation of the two subsidiaries into Intesa Sanpaolo. He was a Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo Casa until April 2021 and currently serves as Deputy Chair at Equiter.
In 2010, he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic (Commendatore).
Liana Logiurato (Milan, 1968).
Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2022, as well as a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee and the Board’s Committee for Transactions with Related Parties.
A graduate in Business Administration from Bocconi University in Milan, she earned an MBA and pursued further post-graduate studies at IMD (International Institute for Management Development) in Lausanne.
As a Leading Board Adviser she worked on over $100bn of M&A, JV and licensing transactions as well as raised capital for over $20bn through IPO. In the course of her executive career, she was a strategic consultant at Ernst & Young Ltd (Zürich), where she was Equity Partner and Head of Chemicals EMEIA, Strategy and Transactions (2018-2021); she was Global Head of M&A (2010-2017) at Syngenta AG (Basel); she was Executive Director (1999-2009) at Nomura International plc (London); she was Associate Director (1998-1999) at UBS AG.
In her professional career, she developed a strong track record in creating stakeholder value by identifying strategic opportunities for industrial transformation and growth in European, Asian, and American markets across several sectors: biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, technology, digital, artificial intelligence, telecommunications, robotics/automation, chemicals, agriculture, and financial services. She has strong expertise in growth, value creation, M&A, strategy, corporate defence, digitalisation, AI, ESG and sustainability matters.
Since 2022, she has been a Board member of IMD Business School Alumni Association (Lausanne). She lectures on M&A, strategy, governance and climate finance topics at IMD, IESE (Madrid), and the University of Zürich. She is a frequent speaker at conferences on M&A, value creation, corporate transformation, ESG, sustainability, as well as chemical/biotech/agriculture/food/fintech industries.
She currently resides in Switzerland.
Pietro Previtali (Pavia, 1971).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo, a member of the Board’s Risks and Sustainability Committee and the Board’s Committee for Transactions with Related Parties.
After graduating in Economics and Business and obtaining a Master's degree in Accounting, Financial Reporting and Control at the University of Pavia, he obtained a PhD and a Doctorate in Business Economics and Management at Bocconi University in Milan. He is Vice-Rector for Organization and Human Resources at the University of Pavia and Full Professor of Business Organization in the Department of Economics and Management.
Professor in Organization, Human Resources Management, Compliance, Information Systems in Bachelor's, Master's and Doctoral programs at the University of Pavia, where he is also Scientific Director of the second level Master's program in "Management and Leadership for Organization and Strategic Direction in Healthcare". He was also a professor in the same disciplines at Bocconi University (from 1999 to 2010) and at the University of Insubria (from 1997 to 2001).
He is the author of several publications relating to corporate governance, compliance, information systems and management of business and public entities.
He held the position of member of the Board of Directors in several companies, including Neva SGR, Prestitalia and Lux Gest Asset Management S.A.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of IED - Istituto Europeo di Design and of Mondeox. He is Deputy Chair of IRCCS Casimiro Mondino Foundation, a member of the Board of Directors of Fondazione Comunitaria della Provincia di Pavia Onlus, a member of the Steering Committee of CNAO Foundation - National Center for Oncologic Hadrontherapy.
Maria Alessandra Stefanelli (Bologna, 1964).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2019, Chair of the Board’s Nomination Committee and a member of the Board’s Committee for Transactions with Related Parties.
She graduated in Economics from the University of Bologna and in Law from the University of Camerino and began her academic career at the University of Bologna, becoming a research fellow in 1992 and an Associate Professor of Economic Law in 1999. In 2007, she took up the post of Associate Professor of Economic Law at the Faculty of Economics of the University of Bologna, where, in 2010, she became Full Professor of Economic Law. In the academic field, she has held several positions, and she is Director of the Centre for Advanced Studies for Small and Medium Enterprises of the Department of Sociology and Economic Law, a member of the PhD Board in European Law, specialisation in European Market Law, and a member of the Council of the Department of Sociology and Economic Law of the University of Bologna. She participates in research projects, is a speaker at research conferences and seminars, and is the author of numerous publications.
Her scientific work focuses on numerous research topics, including the analysis of functions and instruments issued by public regulators and supervisors for the banking and financial market, the study of the public regulation of business and industrial activity and of the economic and social effects on the market and the production environment.
She is a founding member of the A.D.D.E. (the National Association of Lecturers in Economic Law).
Bruno Maria Parigi (Florence, 1957).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2022, a member of the Board’s Risks and Sustainability Committee and the Board’s Governance Committee.
A graduated in Economics from the University of Florence, he attended the course of Economics and Management at ISTAO in Ancona and obtained the Ph.D. in Economics at Rutgers University in New Jersey.
From 1990 to 1994, he was Assistant Professor at Virginia Polytechnic Institute and from 1994 to 1998 a Researcher at Ca’ Foscari University in Venice. In 1998 he was Associate Professor at the University of Padua, where he became Full Professor in 2001 and has been Director of the Master’s in Economics and Finance for several years. He has held Visiting positions at some international financial institutions, among which the European Central Bank, the Federal Reserve Bank of New York and the Bank for International Settlements.
He is the author of several publications, mainly on international journals. Among the research topics addressed there is systemic risk, the lender of last resort and, in recent years, the study of the impact of the entry of Big Techs into the credit market.
He has been an Independent Director of Intesa Sanpaolo Assicura.
Anna Gatti (Pavia, 1972).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2019, she chairs the Board’s Remuneration Committee and is a member of the Board’s Nomination Committee.
She graduated in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan, where she obtained a PhD in Business Administration and Management. She continued her education at Stanford University in Palo Alto (Post-doctoral Program in Organizational Behavior) and at the University of Trento (PhD in Criminology) and in 2002 she worked as a Researcher at the University of California Berkeley.
In the two-year period 2002-2004, she was Senior Economist for the World Health Organization and, from 2004 to 2007, a partner of the Venture Capital Fund Myqube in Silicon Valley. From 2007 to 2012, she subsequently held the positions of Head of International Consumer Operations at Google, Head of International Online Sales and Operations and Head of Strategic Partnership Operations at YouTube, and Senior Director of Advertising and New Monetization at Skype/MSFT, at their respective Headquarters in Silicon Valley. In 2012, in San Francisco, she co-founded a start-up in Artificial Intelligence applied to big unstructured data, of which she was CEO until 2015. Subsequently, in Silicon Valley she has founded, with two professors from Stanford University, a company that applies artificial intelligence to the analysis of brain magnetic resonance imaging.
Since 2016 she has been working as an Angel Investor in Silicon Valley and since 2021 she has been Associate Professor of Practice of Digital Transformation at SDA Bocconi School of Management in Milan.
Starting from 2004 she gained extensive experience as a member of the board of directors of listed and not listed companies in various industrial sectors and markets (among others, Fiera Milano, Ray Way, Lastminute Group and Piquadro). She is a Board Director of WiZink Bank and Wizz Air.
Guido Celona (Genoa, 1959).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo, Chair of the Board’s Committee for Transactions with Related Parties and a member of the Board’s Risks and Sustainability Committee.
Graduated in Economics from the University of Turin, he is enrolled with the Register of Statutory Auditors.
From 1983 to 2023, he developed his professional career at Ernst & Young, holding the role of partner responsible for the legal audit of entities operating in the financial sector from 1998 to 2022.
From 2011 to 2022, he was a member of the Board of Directors of EY as Managing Director for the Italian structure dedicated to the financial sector. From 2010 to 2021, he was a member of the European Executive Board of EY as representative of EY S.p.A., managing the European structure dedicated to financial sector services.
He held the role of partner responsible for the audit activities of the main Italian banking groups, as well as of Italian subsidiaries of foreign groups. He dealt with many due diligence activities, support and audit activities related to extraordinary corporate actions and capital market transactions. He provided support and advisory in accounting and administrative organisation projects.
He is currently the Chair of the Board of Directors of the software house Coalescent Labs, after serving in the same position at Quaestio Capital SGR and Quaestio Holding SA.
Mariarosaria Taddeo (Naples, 1980).
A Board Director of Intesa Sanpaolo and a member of the Board’s Remuneration Committee.
Graduated in Philosophy at the University of Bari, she obtained the European PhD in Philosophy at the University of Padua.
Her professional career has developed in the academic field, mainly in the United Kingdom. At the University of Oxford, Oxford Internet Institute, she has been a Research Fellow since 2016, an Associate Professor and Senior Research Fellow since 2020, and a Professor of Digital Ethics and Defense Technology since 2023.
Between 2020 and 2025 she was Defence Science Technology Laboratory (Dstl) Ethics Fellow at the Alan Turing Institute. Since 2021 she serves as a member of the Ethics Advisory Board the UK Ministry of Defence.
She holds various positions, including: a member of the Board of Directors of United Ventures SGR (since 2023), a member of the Board of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa (since 2023), a member of the Scientific Committee of the Fondazione Leonardo-Civiltà delle Macchine (since 2022).
She is the author of several publications; she organises, chairs, and speaks at panels, workshops, and conferences internationally.
In 2024, she was awarded the “Grande Ufficiale Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana” by the President of the Republic Sergio Mattarella. In 2021 and 2024, she was recognised as one of the “Most Influential Women in UK Tech” by the digital magazine ComputerWeekly.
Fabrizio Mosca (Turin, 1968).
A Board Director and a member of the Management Control Committee of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2019.
A graduate in Economics from the University of Turin, he received a PhD in Business Economics from Bocconi University of Milan.
He is Full Professor of Economics and Business Management at the Department of Management of the University of Turin, as well as lead Lecturer in Economics, Corporate and Business Strategies, Strategic Management at both the aforesaid Department and the School of Management of the University of Turin. For many years he has been a lecturer in the Master’s course in Business Administration at the School of Economics of the University of Turin, at the School of Business Administration of Turin and in the Master Course in Insurance Innovation of University and Polytechnic of Turin. He has also been a lecturer in the Master in European Business (MEB) at the European School of Management – ESPC Europe. He was a member of the Scientific Committee of various University Master’s courses and a visiting professor at several foreign universities.
Chartered Accountant, Statutory Auditor, Technical Consultant to the Judge and Expert of the Court, in addition to university teaching, his professional work is focused on corporate consulting, valuation of companies and brands, M&A, tax and tax advice to entrepreneurial families, companies, Italian and multinational groups. He is a founding partner of Studio MV Partner, and has held positions as member of the board of statutory auditors, independent auditor and board director at several companies, including Olivetti, TRW Automotive Holding Italia and TRW Automotive Italia (ZF Group).
He is currently Chair of the Board of Statutory Auditors of DiaSorin Italia and of companies belonging to the Bolaffi Group (Bolaffi, Aste Bolaffi, Bolaffi Metalli Preziosi).
Mariella Tagliabue (Monza, 1970).
A Board Director and a member of the Management Control Committee of Intesa Sanpaolo.
Graduated in Economics and Business from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan, she is enrolled with the Register of Statutory Auditors, the Register of Chartered Accountants of Milan and the National Technical Consultant Register.
From 1994 to 2005, she worked at KPMG, where she became Senior Manager within the Financial Services Group. Since 2005, she has been an independent professional, providing technical consultancy in financial reporting, extraordinary corporate transactions and company valuations. In her professional activities, she collaborates in legal cases brought before the judicial authorities or arbitration boards and provides technical consultancy in civil and criminal matters. She deals with corporate disclosures (annual financial statements, consolidated financial statements, half-yearly reports).
Since 2008, she has been a Teacher’s assistant for the Accounting and Corporate Financial Statements Course at the Faculty of Law of the Università Cattolica and holds the position of lecturer for the School of Specialization for Legal Professions in the field of international accounting standards. Between 2009 and 2024, she was a Professor for the second level Specialising Master in Credit Risk Management.
During her professional career, she has developed an adequate knowledge of the regulations for the preparation of financial statements of Banks and Financial Intermediaries based on the IFRS international accounting standards issued by the International Accounting Standards Board, ECB Guidelines, circulars and provisions of the Bank of Italy, as well as Consob and Esma regulations. She has acquired significant experience in projects for the listing of shares and bonds also on international markets, in holding companies, in asset management, in the payment market and in the credit market.
She is currently Chair of the Statutory Auditors of the ANIMA ETS Foundation, a member of the Board of Auditors of the Accademia Nazionale dei Lincei and a member of the Statutory Auditors of the Telethon ETS Foundation.
Maura Campra (Turin, 1961).
A Board Director and a member of the Management Control Committee of Intesa Sanpaolo.
Graduated in Economics and Business from the University of Turin, she is enrolled with the Register of Statutory Auditors and the Register of Chartered Accountants of Turin.
After holding positions as a Researcher, in 1998 she became Associate Professor and in 2002 Full Professor of Business Administration at the Department of Economics and Business Studies of the University of Eastern Piedmont "Amedeo Avogadro". At the same University, she is President of the Master's Degree Course in Administration, Advisory & Audit, People and was President of the Degree Course in Economics and Business Administration, as well as a member of the Academic Senate.
She is a member of the Planning and Evaluation of Resources Commission at the CRUI as a delegate of the Rector of the University of Eastern Piedmont. She was Head of the Research Unit of the University of Eastern Piedmont for the PRIN 2007 research project, relating to "Business combinations and transparency in financial market disclosures".
She is a member of the Control System and Statutory Audit Commission of the National Council of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts, upon indication of the Turin Association; she carries out training activities for the latter.
She was a member of the Board of Directors and the Board of Statutory Auditors of several companies, including Enel, Atlantia (now Mundys), Prima Industrie and Banca CR Asti, where she was a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors.
She holds various positions in companies and entities: a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Pirelli & Co., a member of the Board of Directors of the Fondazione Picatti Milanese in Turin, President of the Scientific Committee of the Advanced Training School of Piedmont and Valle d'Aosta.
Roberto Franchini (Southampton - UK, 1955).
A Board Director and a member of the Management Control Committee of Intesa Sanpaolo since 2020, he has been Chair of the Management Control Committee since April 2025.
A graduate in Economics from the University of Salford, he worked in Ernst & Young for over 40 years in Italy, United Kingdom and U.S.A., holding progressively important positions and as a Partner for 27 years.
At Ernst & Young International Ltd in New York, from 1992 to 1995 he focused on audit methodology and international accounting principles. From 1995 to 2018, he worked as an Audit Partner, responsible for the audit of multinational companies operating in a variety of industrial and commercial sectors, and listed on Italian and U.S. stock exchanges. He has been a member of the Working Group of the Italian Accountancy Profession that drafted the Italian Standard on auditor independence (Principio sull’indipendenza del revisore). Independence Leader for Ernst & Young in EMEIA (Europe, Middle East, India and Africa) and Asia-Pacific/Japan (2008-2018). As a member of IESBA (International Ethics Standards Board for Accountants), he contributed to defining ethics standards and auditor independence requirements for the accountancy profession worldwide (2008-2013). In his professional activities, he has served as a member of the board of statutory auditors in many companies and gained extensive experience dealing with regulators and IGOs (Consob, US SEC, UE, OCSE).
Statutory Auditor in Italy and Fellow of the ICAEW (Institute of Chartered Accounts in England and Wales). He currently serves as Treasurer of The British Chamber of Commerce for Italy, President of the College of Auditors of Fondazione per l’Infanzia Ronald McDonald Italia.
Riccardo Secondo Carlo Motta (Milan, 1961).
A Board Director and a member of the Management Control Committee of Intesa Sanpaolo.
Graduated in Economics and Business from Bocconi University, he is enrolled with the Register of Statutory Auditors and the Register of Chartered Accountants.
In 1986, he joined Arthur Andersen, where he held positions of increasing responsibility until becoming Audit Partner in 1997. From 2002 to 2023, he was Audit Partner at Deloitte & Touche; since 2005, he has been Head and member of the Global Executive Committee of the Financial Services Industry Division of Deloitte Italia; since 2023, he has been a Contractor. He was a lecturer at Deloitte University (Brussels) on financial markets and international accounting standards.
During his professional career he has developed strong technical and professional skills in the field of National Accounting Standards (ITA GAAP) and International Accounting Standards (IFRS), as well as International Standards on Auditing (ISA). He has coordinated accounting due diligence assignments for leading Italian groups in acquisition transactions. He has also gained extensive experience in areas such as corporate governance models, internal control systems, compliance processes, Corporate Finance, Risk Management, Cyber Security, ESG issues.
He carried out numerous assignments entrusted by Presidents of Tribunals with reference to fairness opinions, contributions, appraisals and estimates.
He is the permanent representative of Deloitte on the Board of Directors of ISPI – Institute for International Political Studies.
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