Juventus revolution: all the men (and women) of John Elkann at the top
Revolution at Juventus. The shareholder Exor has indicated John Elkann's trusted men and women to relaunch the company and deal with the pending legal proceedings.
Juventus under the Christmas tree has found a new Board of Directors.
With a press release , he indicated the names that are part of the list that Exor , the majority shareholder of the club with 63.8% of the share capital , presented for the appointment of the board of directors during the next shareholders' meeting on 18 January 2023.
John Elkann has chosen five people of his closest trust, with valuable curriculum vitae and who have gained knowledge and understanding of the companies of the Agnelli-Elkann family over the years. A de facto ouster of the entourage of former president Andrea Agnelli .
“Today the Company is called upon to defend its position in the context of some initiatives taken against it and on which I will not dwell, because they are known to all those present”, said Andrea Agnelli during the Shareholders' Meeting. He will do so by distancing himself , starting from the management, from what Andrea Agnelli has represented in recent years.
The five names of the next Juventus board proposed by Exor
The list of candidates to form the next Juventus board of directors is Fioranna Vittoria Negri, Maurizio Scanavino, Gianluca Ferrero, Diego Pistone and Laura Cappiello.
The Juve note adds that Floriana Vittoria Negri and Laura Cappiello “have certified that they qualify as independent directors pursuant to article 148, paragraph 3, of Legislative Decree no. 58/1998 (the “TUF”), as referred to in article 147-ter, paragraph 4, of the TUF, as well as pursuant to the Corporate Governance Code approved by the Corporate Governance Committee”.
But who are the members of the next board of directors of the Piedmontese team and what do they do?
Fioranna Vittoria Negri
A graduate in economics and commerce, Floriana Vittoria Negri is an auditor and registered in the register of Court-appointed Technical Consultants of the Milan court. Among her most prestigious positions, she has been statutory auditor of FINCANTIERI SpA since May 2014. Since 1986 she has been Sole Director of Negri Srl in liquidation and is Limited Partner of Negri Carlo Legnami sas He has thirty years of experience behind him gained in various types of companies operating in the industrial, commerce, publishing sectors and in companies listed on the Stock Exchange Milan and at the AIM in Milan. She has been a shareholder and since 2014 also Vice President of the Board of Directors of PKF Italia SpA , since 14 February 2017 she has been President of the Company Law Commission of the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Milan, and is Vice President with delegation of ISMIGEO srl (Experimental Institute for Geotechnical Models) since 2000. Fioranna Vittoria Negri currently carries out professional assignments in companies such as Satispay , Wikimedia, Guala Closures, Fincantieri, BDO Italia SpA and Autostrade per l'Italia.
Laura Cappiello
Laura Cappiello is a lawyer, an expert in law and supervisory bodies . She graduated in law from the University of Bari with 110 cum laude and subsequently enrolled in the Milan Bar Association. He is currently Senior Counsel and a member of the European Corporate Group at Orrick where he focuses on corporate and commercial law, banking regulation , corporate criminal law, governance & compliance. “Its activity – reads the Orrick website – focuses on national and multinational companies, operating in various sectors which include energy, gas, automotive and public service companies, SGR and SIM”. Previously worked at the Milan Tax Law Firm, associated with Ernst & Young International. Among the main corporate transactions carried out in the past there is the assistance to the Atlante Fund (managed by Quaestio Capital Management SGR SpA) in the subscription of the capital of Banca Popolare di Vicenza and Veneto Banca , the assistance to Microsoft Corporation in the purchase of the 100% of Solair Srl, an innovative Italian start-up and assistance to Enel SpA in the sale of the plants to the Valle D'Aosta and Trentino Alto Adige Regions. He has provided consultancy on corporate law and corporate governance to Banca Popolare di Vicenza, the FIEE Fund (Italian Fund for Energy Efficiency SGR SpA), Amundi SGR SpA and Enel Power SpA
Diego Pistone
Born in Asti in 1950, Diego Pistone also holds a degree in economics and commerce from the University of Turin. He began his career at a very young age, at the age of 24 he was in charge of auditing accounts at Arthur Andersen & Co , and at 27, in 1977, he joined the Fiat group, carrying out various roles, always in the finance sector. He has dealt with supply systems, after sales, commercial network development, management control, and administration for various companies of the Fiat Group (he was Group controller for Magneti Marelli SpA and for Fiat SpA and Chief Financial Officer for Fiat Auto SpA). Starting this year, he is also a director and Chief Financial Officer of Finde, the holding company of the Denegri Group (and a member of the Board of Directors of Diasorin).
Juventus president Gianluca Ferrero
Gianluca Ferrero is the president of Juventus . Trusted accountant of Casa Agnelli, auditor, statutory auditor and director of various companies. Born and raised in Turin, he graduated in Economics and Commerce in 1988 and the following year he enrolled in the Order of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts of Turin. He is the son of Cesare Ferrero, who followed Avvocato Agnelli for a lifetime . He has a very long list of prestigious positions on his side : he has been Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Fincantieri since 2014 and Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca del Piemonte , Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Luigi Lavazza SpA, Biotronik Italia SpA, Praxi Intellectual Property SpA, P Fiduciaria Srl, Emilio Lavazza Sapa and GEDI Gruppo Editoriale SpA He is also the Sole Director of San Carlo 2016 Immobiliare Srl, a member of the Board of Directors of Italia Independent Group SpA, of LOL Srl, of Pygar Srl and of Merope Srl Finally, he is a member of the Supervisory Body of Sole 24 Ore SpA .
The General Manager and next Chief Executive Officer of Juventus, Maurizio Scanavino
Juventus General Manager Maurizio Scanavino will become the club's Chief Executive Officer from 18 January . He is a telecommunications engineer, born in 1973, and he too studied in Turin, at the Turin Polytechnic. Linked by a long friendship with John Elkann consolidated when both attended the Turin Polytechnic and lived in Villa San Giuseppe, a Catholic boarding school in the Turin hills. Scanavino began his career at Accenture and later, in 2004, joined the Fiat Group , collaborating with Sergio Marchionne as director of Brand Promotion. He went on to broaden his portfolio of skills by working across industries ranging from consulting to publishing. In 2007 he became director of the digital and marketing area of the publishing house of La Stampa , and, after three years, he became General Manager of the advertising agency Publikompass. In 2013 he assumed the role of Chief Executive Officer of Secolo XIX working on the merger with La Stampa , an operation that led to the birth of ITEDI, of which he was appointed General Manager. Subsequently he led the process that led to the establishment of the GEDI group, from the integration of ITEDI with the Espresso Group. Today he holds the position of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of GEDI Gruppo Editoriale . His will probably be a transition mandate to put the club's accounts in order because at the same time he will continue to deal with the Gedi group.
This is a machine translation from Italian language of a post published on Start Magazine at the URL https://www.startmag.it/economia/rivoluzione-juventus-tutti-gli-uomini-e-le-donne-di-john-elkann-al-vertice/ on Tue, 27 Dec 2022 14:16:58 +0000.