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Annex 2 – Career profiles of directors <strong>and</strong> lists<br />

of top management posts held in o<strong>the</strong>r listed<br />

companies, banks, insurance <strong>and</strong> finance<br />

companies <strong>and</strong> o<strong>the</strong>r large organisati<strong>on</strong>s<br />

Andrea Merl<strong>on</strong>i<br />

He was born in Rome in 1967. He has been chairman of <strong>Indesit</strong> Company since 29th April 2010 (formerly<br />

vice-chairman since April 2008 <strong>and</strong> a member of its board of directors since 1996).<br />

From 2005 to 2007 as a director of <strong>Indesit</strong> Company S.p.A. he was in charge of “new business<br />

opportunities”.<br />

Within <strong>Indesit</strong> Company Group, from 2000 to 2007, he was chairman <strong>and</strong> CEO at WRAP S.p.A., a<br />

spin-off from <strong>Indesit</strong> Company S.p.A. formed to develop <strong>the</strong> Company’s patents <strong>and</strong> know-how in <strong>the</strong> field<br />

of household appliance electr<strong>on</strong>ics.<br />

In 1996 he bought <strong>the</strong> Benelli S.p.A. br<strong>and</strong> <strong>and</strong> relaunched it in <strong>the</strong> scooter <strong>and</strong> large motorbike industry; he<br />

was its chairman <strong>and</strong> CEO till 2005.<br />

From 1992 to 1996 he was chairman of Aermarche S.p.A., an air transport service company.<br />

He is a director of Fineldo S.p.A. (Vittorio Merl<strong>on</strong>i’s family holding company), Merl<strong>on</strong>i MP&S S.r.l. <strong>and</strong> Evolve<br />

S.p.A.<br />

He is a graduate in “Political Sciences”.<br />

Company<br />

Alpha 67 S.p.A.<br />

Fineldo S.p.A.<br />

Posts held<br />

Sole Director<br />

Director<br />

Marco Milani<br />

Born in Milan in 1954, he graduated in engineering <strong>and</strong> became CEO of <strong>Indesit</strong> Company <strong>on</strong> 27 th July 2004.<br />

Having joined <strong>Indesit</strong> Company in 1980, he held increasingly important posts, both industrial <strong>and</strong><br />

commercial, in Italy <strong>and</strong> above all abroad. In 1998 he became head of <strong>the</strong> CIS (former Soviet Republics)<br />

<strong>and</strong> Eastern European markets, based in Moscow, till <strong>the</strong> acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of Stinol in 2000. Back in Italy, he took<br />

over as COO <strong>and</strong> in March 2002 was appointed CEO at <strong>Indesit</strong> Company UK, formed as a result of <strong>the</strong><br />

acquisiti<strong>on</strong> of GDA Hotpoint, which he guided to full integrati<strong>on</strong>.<br />

Company<br />

Carraro S.p.A.<br />

Posts held<br />

Director<br />

Valerio Battista<br />

He is Prysmian S.p.A.’s Chief Executive Officer <strong>and</strong> General Manager <strong>and</strong> is at <strong>the</strong> head of <strong>the</strong> Prysmian<br />

Group organisati<strong>on</strong>. He gained 17 years’ experience with <strong>the</strong> Pirelli Group <strong>and</strong> headed <strong>the</strong> Energy<br />

Cables <strong>and</strong> Systems business Unit for five years, including <strong>the</strong> period 2002-2003 during which <strong>the</strong> Group<br />

successfully completed its reorganisati<strong>on</strong> plan. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Florence<br />

University in 1981. He joined UnoAErre in 1983 as Head of its Technical Office. In September 1987 he joined<br />

38 Report <strong>on</strong> <strong>corporate</strong> <strong>governance</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>ownership</strong> at 22 March 2011 <strong>on</strong> 2010

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