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Corporate Governance
The current composition of the Board of Directors is the following:
John Elkann (executive director) - John Elkann is Chairman of FCA He was appointed chairman of Fiat on 21 April
2010 where he has served as vice chairman since 2004 and as a board member since December 1997. He is also
chairman and chief executive officer of Exor and chairman of Giovanni Agnelli e C. Sapaz.. Born in New York in
1976, he obtained a scientific baccalaureate from the Lycée Victor Duruy in Paris, and graduated in Engineering
and Management from Politecnico, the Engineering University of Turin (Italy). While at university, he gained work
experience in various companies of the Fiat Group in the UK and Poland (manufacturing) as well as in France (sales
and marketing). He started his professional career in 2001 at General Electric as a member of the Corporate Audit
Staff, with assignments in Asia, the USA and Europe. He is chairman of Cushman & Wakefield and Italiana Editrice
and a board member of CNHI, The Economist Group, News Corporation and Banca Leonardo. He is a member of
the IAC of Brookings Institution and of MoMA. He also serves as vice chairman of the Italian Aspen Institute and of
the Giovanni Agnelli Foundation.
Born in 1976, Italian citizenship.
Sergio Marchionne (executive director) - Mr. Marchionne currently serves as Chief Executive Officer of FCA
and Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of both FCA US LLC and FCA Italy S.p.A. Since October 2014, Mr.
Marchionne has served as Chairman of Ferrari S.p.A. Mr. Marchionne leads the GEC and has been Chief Operating
Officer of its NAFTA region since September 2011. He also serves as Chairman of CNHI. He was the chairman of
Fiat Industrial and CNH Global N.V. until the integration of these companies into CNHI. Prior to joining the Company,
Mr. Marchionne served as Chief Executive Officer of SGS SA, Chief Executive Officer first and then Chairman of
the Lonza Group Ltd. and Chief Executive Officer of Alusuisse Lonza (Algroup). He also served as Vice President
of Legal and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer of the Lawson Mardon Group after serving as
Chief Financial Officer of Acklands Ltd. and Executive Vice President of Glenex Industries. Mr. Marchionne holds a
Bachelor of Laws from Osgoode Hall Law School at York University in Toronto, Canada and a Master of Business
Administration and a Bachelor of Commerce from the University of Windsor, Canada. Mr. Marchionne also holds a
Bachelor of Arts with a major in Philosophy and minor in Economics from the University of Toronto. Mr. Marchionne
serves on the Board of Directors of Philip Morris International Inc. and as Chairman of SGS SA headquartered in
Geneva. Additionally, Mr. Marchionne serves as Chairman of CNHI, and as a director of Exor, a shareholder of FCA
and CNHI. Mr. Marchionne is on the Board of Directors of ACEA (European Automobile Manufacturers Association).
He previously served as appointed non-executive Vice Chairman and Senior Independent Director of UBS AG as
well as a director of Fiat Industrial.
Born in 1952, Canadian and Italian citizenship.
Andrea Agnelli (non-executive director) - Andrea Agnelli is chairman of Juventus Football Club S.p.A. and Lamse
S.p.A., a holding company of which he is a founding shareholder. Born in Turin in 1975, he studied at Oxford (St.
Clare’s International College) and Milan (Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi). While at university, he gained
professional experience both in Italy and abroad, including positions at: Iveco-Ford in London; Piaggio in Milan;
Auchan Hypermarché in Lille; Schroder Salomon Smith Barney in London; and, finally, Juventus Football Club
S.p.A. in Turin. He began his career in 1999 at Ferrari Idea in Lugano, where he was responsible for promoting
and developing the Ferrari brand in non-automotive areas. In November 2000, he moved to Paris and assumed
responsibility for marketing at Uni Invest SA, a Banque San Paolo company specialized in managed investment
products. From 2001 to 2004, Mr. Agnelli worked at Philip Morris International in Lausanne, where he initially had
responsibility for marketing and sponsorships and, subsequently, corporate communication. In 2005, he returned
to Turin to work in strategic development for IFIL Investments S.p.A. (now Exor). Mr. Agnelli is a general partner
of Giovanni Agnelli e C. S.a.p.az., a member of the board of directors of Exor, a member of the advisory board of
BlueGem Capital Partners LLP, in addition to serving on the board of the European Club Association. Mr. Agnelli
has been a member of the board of directors of Fiat since May 30, 2004.
Born in 1975, Italian citizenship.