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| 63 >REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
Andrea Guerra and Enrico Cavatorta are employees of the Company.
Set out below is a brief profile of each member of the Board, listing the most significant
other offices held by such directors in listed companies as well as in financial, banking,
insurance companies or companies of a significant size. In Luxottica Group, only the
most significant companies or those companies having a strategic relevance have been
considered. Please note that the summary tables attached to the Report also take into
consideration the positions held in other listed companies, in financial, banking and
insurance companies as well as in those companies of significant size, identified through
the criteria implemented by the Company in 2007 and illustrated below.
Leonardo Del Vecchio
The Company founder, Mr. Del Vecchio has been Chairman of the Board of Directors
since its incorporation in 1961. In 1986, the President of Italy conferred on him the badge
of honor Cavaliere dell’Ordine al “Merito del Lavoro”. In May 1995, he was awarded
an honorary business administration degree by the University Ca’ Foscari in Venice. In
1999, he was awarded an honorary Master’s degree in International Business by MIB,
Management School in Trieste and in 2002 he was awarded an honorary management
engineering degree by the University in Udine. In March 2006, he received an honorary
degree in materials engineering by the Politecnico in Milan.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Beni Stabili S.p.A. SIIQ, of GiVi Holding S.p.A.
and of Kairos Partners SGR S.p.A.; he is Vice Chairman of Foncière des Régions S.A. and a
member of the Board of Directors of Delfin S.àr.l., and Aterno S.àr.l.
Luigi Francavilla
Mr. Francavilla joined Luxottica Group in 1968. He has been a Director since 1985 and
Vice Chairman since 1991. During his long career in the Group he was Group’s Product &
Design Director, Group’s Chief Quality Officer and Technical General Manager. He is the
Chairman of Luxottica S.r.l., one of the major subsidiary companies of the Group.
In April 2000, he was awarded an honorary business administration degree by the
Constantinian University, Cranston, Rhode Island, U.S.A. In 2011 he was appointed
“Grande Ufficiale” of the Republic of Italy.
He is the Honorary Chairman of Confindustria Belluno since 2010. Mr. Francavilla is also a
member of the Board of Directors of the Venice branch of Bank of Italy.
Andrea Guerra
Mr. Guerra has been Chief Executive Officer of the Company since July 27, 2004 and is
a Director in the Company’s leading subsidiaries. Prior to this, he had worked for ten
years in Merloni Elettrodomestici, a company he had joined in 1994 and where he had
become Chief Executive Officer in 2000. Before joining Merloni, he had worked for five
years in Marriott Italia, holding various positions and being promoted to Marketing
Director. He received his business administration degree at Università La Sapienza in
Rome in 1989.
In Luxottica Group, Mr. Guerra is, among others, Chairman of OPSM Group Pty Limited,
member of the Board of Directors of Luxottica S.r.l., Luxottica U.S. Holdings Corp.,