Management Board
The Management Board has exclusive responsibility for the management of the business to the extent of the responsibilities and assignments allocated by the SB.
To this purpose the Management Board performs all the operations necessary, useful or in any case opportune for achieving the corporate object, both of an ordinary and extraordinary nature.
The Management Board reports in writing to the Supervisory Board on operations in general and the transactions of the greatest importance, for their size or features, carried out by the Company or its subsidiaries.
Graziano Tarantini
Born 3rd August 1960
Degree in Law at Università degli Studi di Urbino.
Further training in Company Finance at Bocconi University Milan Lawyer.
Registered at the Bar Association of Milan.
Publisher and professional journalist
Professional Experience
President of the Supervisory Board of A2A Spa - a public utility company.
Vice President, formerly a Board Member of Banca Popolare di Milano scrl.
Member of the Assonime Council – the Association of Companies limited by shares.
President of Akros Securities Inc. – New York - broker dealer and corporate finance.
Board Member of ESN inc. – North America– New York - broker dealer and corporate finance.
Advisory Board of Wise Venture SGR spa – Milan: private equity company.
Board Member of Banca Dexia-Crediop spa – Rome: a trading bank for public finance and projects.
Representative of the Holy See, at the World Trade Organisation (WTO) in Geneva.
Board Member of CapFin Spa – Milan: activities of control of holders and analysis and development of new entrepreneurial activities.
Board Member of Finlombarda Spa – Milan – financing company for regional development, held by the Lombardy Region and some leading Banks.
Member of the Committee for evaluation of scientific and technological parks, appointed by the Ministry for Universities and Scientific Research.
Member of the Controlling Body of the Lombardy Region, co-ordination of regional structures involved in the activation of community programmes; monitoring and technical assistance to guarantee the activation and control of projects co-financed by community funds.
Consultant to the Presidency of the Region of Sicily: study and processing of financial and regulatory instruments useful for the realisation of projects contained within the regional development plan (e.g. project financing and community instruments).
Legal consultant to the Inspectorate for productive activities of the Lombardy Region: study and processing of regulatory instruments governing industrial companies (law 35/96 for the development of small and medium sized companies in Lombardy). Interpretation and application of the community regulations relating to Lombardy industry.
Legal and financial Office of the Association of small and medium sized companies of Brescia; application of the laws and regulations, both Italian and Communitarian, governing small and medium sized companies. Consultant to companies concerning problems relating to international commerce: insurance and export financing, international banking guarantees, methods of international payments, international taxation, Italian and Community legislation concerning international co-operation between companies.
Legal and auditorial Office of the National Confederation of Italian Co-operatives
Current position
Legal partner in the professional associated Studio of GFT and Partners: assistance and legal consultancy, both judicial and non-judicial in the framework of commercial and financial law.
From April 2000 President of the AKROS spa Bank – Milan – London- New York: an investment bank.
From December 2000 Committee Member of the Cariplo Foundation- Milan
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Francesco Silva
Born in Milan January 26, 1942
Degree in Economics and Business from Bocconi University of Milan
Professional Experience
During the 1980’s Member of the Board of Ferrovie Nord Spa (1 Mandate)
1997 Member of the Study and Working Group for research and technological innovation policies promoted by the Presidency of the Council of Ministers.
He has cooperated with the Competition and the Market Authority.
From 1998 to 2001 Rector of the University-LIUC Castellanza
From 1999 to 2001 Member of the Scientific Committee of Confindustria
From 2000 to 2003 President of the Acquirente Unico spa, group GRTN
From 2004 to 2006 he worked as head of research for the Institute for Industrial Promotion (Rome).
Current Activities
Professor of Applied Economics, University of Milan-Bicocca.
Since 2006 President of Econometica (University of Milan-Bicocca)
Since 2009 Member of the Consultative Committee of "Patti chiari."
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Giambattista Brivio
Born in Castenedolo (BS) 24 November 1946
Degree in Political Science of industrial economics from the University of Padova
Professional Experience
CEO of D.I.E. srl in Catania
CEO of Ecofer Srl in Rome
CEO of Acciaierie di Sicilia in Catania
Consultant for multi-utility companies in the industrial field of energy and environmental electricity networks.
He has collaborated in research into renewable energy, in particular regarding the development of the use of nuclear energy and the use of coal in power plants.
Member of the Supervisory Board of A2A.
Present Activities
President of the “Progetto Altissimo” Srl located in Trento.
Steering and Management Consultant for large industrial groups.
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Stefano Cao
Born in Rome in 1951
Degree in Mechanical Engineering
Professional experience
From 1976 to 2000 he worked for Saipem S.p.A. holding various positions abroad and in Italy.
In 1993 he was appointed General Manager of Commercial and Technical Activities, in 1996 was appointed Managing Director of Business Operations and in 1999 Executive Chairman of the company
From 2000 to 2008 he served as General Manager of Eni Spa - Exploration & Production Division
From 2002 to 2005 he served as President of Assomineraria (Confindustria)
From 2002 to 2006 he served as Chairman of Eni Corporate University
From 2007 to 2008 he was an independent director of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italy Spa
From 2009 to 2012 he held the position of CEO and Managing Director of Sintonia SA, a holding company which owns majority shares in Atlantia Spa, Gemina Spa and Seget Spa.
Current Activities
Since 2009, Independent Director of Petrofac Ltd, a company listed on the LSE
He is currently a Director of the Board of Sintonia Spa, Atlantia Spa, Autostrade per l'Italia Spa, Gemina Spa, and Aeroporti di Roma Spa.
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Bruno Caparini
Born August 26, 1939
Diploma from the 'Professional Technical Institute F. Tassara – Breno
Master in material testing University of Leeds
Professional experience
From 2009 to 2012 Member of the Supervisory Board of A2A Spa
From 1988 to 1995 exclusive agent for Europe and Africa for control systems and retrofit of systems for gas turbines and turbo gas for HSDE (UK)
From 1982 to 1987 Member of the Board of FIEN (Italian Nuclear Energy Forum) active member for Italy of FORATOM (Forum Atomique Europeen)
From 1982 to 1987 Founder and President of Tecas Engineering SpA Milan
From 1969 to 1987 Founder and President of Tecas Spa of Edolo (Brescia)
Current activities
From 2012 member of the Consortium CCR (Consortium for computation and research headquartered in Rome) for the study and implementation of: the decommissioning of nuclear facilities, alternative energy systems, and thermo technical systems.
Since 2010 member of the Board of the Teatro Grande in Brescia
Since 2010 Board member of the Energy Cluster - Lombardy
Since 2009 Chairman of the Board of Directors of Sviluppo Tecnologico Srl
Since 2008 Exclusive agent TurboCare Americana (formerly Fiat Avio Power Services) for Algeria
Since 2005 Consultant for Hofstra University - USA - Advice and Guidance in Foreign Affairs.
Since 2003 Member of the General Coordination and Planning Committee of Dike Aedifica appointed by the Ministry of Justice
Since 2003, Marelli Motori exclusive agent for Algeria
Since 2002, Ansaldo Sistemi Industriali exclusive agent for Algeria
Since 1987, technical sales consultant for Mesit Srl Milan
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Maria Elena Cappello
Born in Milan July 24, 1968
Executive Master in Marketing Management from SDA Bocconi
Master in Strategic Marketing and Sales Techniques from Babson College, MA (USA)
Telecommunications Engineering at the University of Pavia
Professional Experience
In 1991 she joined Italtel where she worked on the development of long-distance transmission networks.
In 1994 in EMC Italy developing and managing the Sales sector Public Administration and Telecom.
In 1998 she joined Digital / Compaq / HP where she assumed various responsibilities at EMEA level (Europe Middle East & Africa), including that of Executive Director of Global Services EMEA
Before joining Nokia Siemens Networks as head of Strategic Marketing worldwide, Pirelli Broadband Solutions entrusted her with the role of Senior Vice President of the worldwide sales sector.
She founded and developed in Europe MetiLinx, a software company.
Current Activities
From April 2012 a member of the Board of Directors of Prysmian as an Independent Director and Member of the internal Audit Committee.
Managing Director and CEO of Nokia Siemens Networks Italy Spa and Nokia Siemens Networks Spa and responsible for defining strategy and business development for the company at a European level.
Vice Chairman of the Board of Directors of Nokia Siemens Networks and Nokia Siemens Spa Italy Spa.
Member of the Executive Board of Global mobile Suppliers Association (GSA) where she holds the position of Vice President.
Member of the Board of Valore D.
She chairs the Research & Innovation Group of Foreign Investors Committee of Confindustria.
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Renato Ravanelli
Born in Milan April 14, 1965
Degree in Economics and Business at Università Cattolica di Milano
Professional experience
After a period at university institutes, where he carried out research, particularly in the field of public utilities and the insurance industry, he worked for four years in research departments of Financial institutions, first as a macroeconomist, then as an analyst of the industrial sectors.
In 1996 he started working for AEM, where he was responsible for the Research Department and responsible in particular for the proposed listing of the company.
He was then appointed Director of Strategic Planning and later Chief Financial Officer of the Group. He is also the CEO of the subsidiary AEM Trading, a company whose start-up he managed and which is active in the domestic and foreign markets for electricity and gas.
In 2005 he was appointed Executive Director and Chief Financial Officer of the Edison Group, a company for which he also covered as Chairman of the Board of Directors.
Since January 2008, he has Director of the Executive Board of Management and holds the position of General Manager of the A2A Group.
He is one of the three independent directors of Inframed, an infrastructural investment fund based in Paris, which has as its objective the development of strategic infrastructure of the countries of North Africa and the Middle East. The Fund Inframed has among its main sponsors the Italian Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, Caisse de Depot of France and the European Investment Bank.
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Paolo Rossetti
Born in Brescia June 25, 1951
Degree in Mechanical Engineering at Politecnico di Milano.
Qualified as an engineer in 1976.
Professional Experience
From 1976 to 1981
Group OCEAN SpA: Production Quality Manager (1976-77), product manager for the European and U.S. markets (1977-80), Deputy Manager of planning and relationships with major customers (1980-81), member of ANIE, the international certification commission, and of similar commissions for Europe (BSI, VDE, AFNOR, Kema) and U.S. (UL).
From 1981 to 2007
ASM SpA, now A2A: Manager of Organizational Development and Training (1981 - 84); PM
Project Sintesi SpA (1984-87), responsible for Recruitment, Training and Staff Development (1987-92), head of service management control, economic analysis, organization and quality (1993-95), Personnel Manager (1996 - 99), Director of Corporate Area (2000-2007) since 2002 he has also carried out vicarious duties as Deputy General Manager.
From 1st December 2009
Chairman of the Committee on Energy Networks FederUtility
From april 2012
Chairman CIG (Italian Gas Committee)
Current Activities
General Manager of Technical-Operative Group A2A
Director of Edipower S.p.A.
Director of AMSA S.p.A.
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Ecodeco Srl
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Aprica
Chairman of the Board of Directors of Partenope Ambiente SpA
Chairman of the Board of Directors of A2A SpA Electrical Networks
Chairman of the Board of Directors of A2A SpA Gas Networks
Chairman of the Board of Directors of A2A Heat & Services
Chairman of the Board of Directors of the Distribution Services A2A SpA
Chairman of the Board of Directors of A2A Servizi alla Distribuzione S.p.A.
Single Director of A2A Ciclo Idrico S.p.A.
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