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REPORT ON
CORPORATE
GOVERNANCE
AND OWNERSHIP
STRUCTURE
Enrico Cavatorta
Mr. Cavatorta has been a member of the Board of Directors since 2003 and has held his position as Chief Financial Officer
since he joined Luxottica Group in 1999. He is a member of the Board of Directors of the leading subsidiaries of the Group.
Before joining Luxottica Group, he was Planning and Control Officer for the Piaggio Group. Between 1993 and 1996, he
was a consultant for McKinsey & Co., and prior to that he was a financial controller of Procter & Gamble Italia, where he
worked between 1985 and 1993. Mr. Cavatorta received a Business Administration degree at the Università LUISS in Rome,
Italy.
He is, among others, a member of the Board of Directors of Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp., Luxottica S.r.l., OPSM Group
Pty Ltd., Luxottica Retail North America Inc. and Oakley Inc., all of which belong to Luxottica Group, as well as Director of
the associated company Multiopticas Internacional S.L.
Roberto Chemello
Mr. Chemello joined Luxottica Group in 1979. Until 1985 he was Chief Financial Officer of the Company. Between 1985
and 2004, he was Chief Executive Officer of Luxottica Group. He then took over the position of Chief Operations Officer,
which he held until July 2008, when he left all operational positions held in Luxottica Group. Mr. Chemello holds a degree
in Corporate Finance from the Cà Foscari University in Venice.
In 2007, he acquired the control share of Woodn S.r.l., a company that specialises in the manufacturing and marketing of
wood–based composites, where he holds the position of Chairman of the Board of Directors.
In 2008, he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Chinese company Sunbow Environmental Decoration
Material Co. Ltd., fully owned by Woodn S.r.l., which manufactures wooden composites for distribution both in the Chinese
and international markets. Also, in 2008 he was appointed member of the Board of Directors of the Entrepreneurs’
Association of the Belluno Province.
Mr. Chemello is a member of the Board of Directors of Stefanel S.p.A.
Claudio Costamagna
Mr. Costamagna has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2006. He holds a business administration
degree and has held important offices in Citigroup, Montedison and Goldman Sachs, where he was Chairman of the
Investment Banking division for Europe, the Middle East and Africa for many years. He is currently Chairman of “CC e Soci
S.r.l.”, a financial advisory boutique he founded. He is also a member of the International Advisory Board of the Università
Luigi Bocconi.
Mr. Costamagna is a member of the Board of Directors of Autogrill S.p.A., Bvlgari S.p.A., DEA Capital S.p.A., AAA S.A. and
Virgin Group Holdings Limited, as well as Chairman of Virtual B SIM S.p.A.
Claudio Del Vecchio
Mr. Del Vecchio joined Luxottica Group in 1978 and he has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company
since 1986. Between 1979 and 1982, he was responsible for distribution in Italy and Germany. From 1982 to 1997, he was
in charge of the Group business in North America.
He is Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Retail Brand Alliance, Inc. He is also a Director in Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp.
Sergio Erede
Mr. Erede has been a member of the Board of Directors of the Company since 2004. He holds a degree in jurisprudence,
which he received in 1962 at the Università degli Studi in Milan, Italy; in 1964 he received a masters in law from the Harvard
Law School, Cambridge, Massachusetts, U.S.A. He worked for the Hale & Door law firm, in Boston, between 1963 and 1964
and for the Sullivan & Cromwell law firm in New York, between 1964 and 1965. From 1965 to 1969, he was head of the legal
department of IBM Italia S.p.A. Since 1969, he has been working as a freelance professional. The law firm he founded in