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| 85 >REPORT ON CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND OWNERSHIP STRUCTURE
All the Auditors comply with the legal requirements of such office and in particular with the
requirements set forth in article no. 148, paragraph 3, of the Italian Consolidated Financial
Law.
Below is some background information on the members of the Board of Statutory Auditors
currently in office and on the main offices held in other companies as at December 31,
2011.
Francesco Vella – Chairman
An attorney at law, Mr. Vella is full professor of commercial law at the University in Bologna,
Italy, where he currently teaches in the Master’s program. He has written three essays
and several publications for miscellaneous journals and magazines specialized in banking,
financial and corporate matters. Mr. Vella is a member of the editorial board of the
following magazines: “Banca Borsa, Titoli di Credito”, “Mercato Concorrenza e Regole”,
“Il Mulino”, “Banca, impresa e società”, “Giurisprudenza Commerciale” and “Analisi
giuridica dell’economia”, which he helped to set up, as well as the website “lavoce.info”.
He has been Chairman of the Board of Auditors of the Company since April 2009.
He is a member of the Board of Directors of Unipol S.p.A. and ATC Azienda di Trasporti
Consorziali di Bologna S.p.A., and Chairman of Alma Mater S.r.l.
Enrico Cervellera – Statutory Auditor
Mr. Cervellera received a degree in Business and Economics from the Università Bocconi in
1963 and a degree in Jurisprudence from the Università Cattolica in 1968. He is registered
in the Register of Chartered Accountants since 1965 and is auditor as per Ministerial Decree
April 12, 1995. Between 1965 and 1983, he worked in the Tributary Bureau associated with
Arthur Andersen. Since 1983, he has been working as a freelance professional in Milan,
focusing mainly on company transactions (takeovers, transfers, mergers, etc.) and on
financial consulting to companies.
He has been an auditor of the Company since June 2006.
He is Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Interpump Group S.p.A. and Seat
Pagine Gialle S.p.A., auditor of Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A., member of the Board
of Directors of Ferrero S.p.A. and Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Gruppo
Lactalis Italia S.p.A., biG S.r.l. and Egidio Galbani S.p.A.
Alberto Giussani – Statutory Auditor
Mr. Giussani received a degree in Business and Economics from the Università Cattolica
in Milan, Italy. He is registered in the Register of Accountants and Tax Advisers since 1979
and in the Register of Chartered Accountants since 1995, when the Register was set up.
Between 1981 and 2000, he was a member of the Accounting Principles Commission
of the Accountants and Tax Advisers and he serves currently as Vice Chairman of the
Scientific Technical Committee of the Italian Accounting Body. Between 2001 and 2008,
he was a member of the Standard Advisory Council of the IASC Foundation for the
provision of international accounting principles. He was a partner in the auditing company
PricewaterhouseCoopers between 1981 and 2007.