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The Chief Executive Officer is also an employee of the Company.
Set out below is a short biography of each member of the Board with the main positions that they
hold within Luxottica Group (with the most significant companies or those with strategic
importance). Included in the table attached are the positions held in other listed companies as well
as in finance, banking, insurance and/or other significant companies (according to the
assessments by the Board in the Meeting of February 19, 2007).
Leonardo Del Vecchio
Company founder and Chairman of the Board of Directors since he founded Luxottica. In 1986, the
President of Italy conferred on him the badge of honour Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito del Lavoro
for his distinctive achievements.
In May 1995, Mr. Del Vecchio was awarded an honorary business administration degree by the
university Cà Foscari di Venezia, Italy. In addition, in 1999 he was awarded an honorary Master’s
degree in International Economics by MIB, the Management School, Udine, Italy and, in 2002, he
was awarded an honorary engineering degree by the Università di Udine, Italy.
In March 2006, Mr. Del Vecchio was awarded an honorary engineering construction degree by the
Politecnico di Milano, Italy. Mr. Del Vecchio sits on the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali
S.p.A, of Beni Stabili S.p.A, of GiVi Holding S.p.A., and of Gianni Versace S.p.A.
In addition, he is vice chairman of the Surveillance Committee of Fonciere des Regions and a
member of the Board of Directors of Delfin S.a.r.l., as well as member of the board of Sunglass Hut
(UK) Ltd.
Luigi Francavilla
Mr. Francavilla joined Luxottica Group in 1968 and is the deputy chairman of Luxottica, as well as
the chairman of Luxottica S.r.l., one of the major subsidiary companies of the Group.
Mr. Francavilla was the technical general manager from 1969 throughout 1971 for Luxottica Group,
and was appointed executive director in 1972.
In April 2000, Mr. Francavilla was awarded an honorary business administration degree by the
Constantinian University, Providence, U.S.A.
Mr. Francavilla is the chairman of Luxottica S.r.l and a member of the board of directors for the
Bank of Italy, in its Belluno branch.
Andrea Guerra
Mr. Guerra holds a business administration degree and has been the Chief Executive Officer of the
Company since July 27, 2004.
Prior to this Mr. Guerra joined Merloni Elettrodomestici in 1994 where he worked for ten years and
was promoted to chief executive officer in 2000.
Before joining the Merloni Group, Mr. Guerra was employed by Marriott Italia where he became
executive general manager for the marketing department.
Mr. Guerra is the chairman of Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp. He is also chairman of OPSM Group
PTY Limited. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Luxottica S.r.l., Lenscrafters, Inc. and
Oakley, Inc. Furthermore, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Parmalat S.p.A,,Banca
Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A and DEA Capital S.p.A.
Roger Abravanel
Mr. Abravanel received his degree in engineering from the Politecnico di Milano, Italy and his MBA
from the University of Insead, Fontainebleau, France.
He began his career at McKinsey Italy, where he remained for 34 years, 20 years of which as a
senior partner. He is a member of the Board of Directors of Marazzi Group S.p.A, Teva
Pharmaceutical Industries LTD and Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A.