Sustainability Governance

She was born in Rome on 18 July 1960.

She graduated magna cum laude in Natural Sciences in 1984 at the University "La Sapienza" of Rome. After a first experience in research, she joined Rank Xerox where, from 1986 al 1989, she held technical and commercial roles. In 1989, she became marketing manager at Apollo Computer until October 1989 when, as result of an acquisition, she joined Hewlett Packard, where she remained until December 2010. In Hewlett Packard she diversified her experience, both in Italy and abroad, holding roles of increasing responsibilities in sales, marketing, services, software, general management. In January 2011 she joined Philips as Lighting Vice President & General Manager for Italy, Greece and Israel. Until 1 March 2019, she served as Executive Vice President & General Manager Lighting Europe.

She then assumed the role of Chief Marketing, Strategy and Sustainability Officer. Currently she is Chief Commercial Officer, Head of Division Conventional Products and member of the Board of Management of Signify. From 2011 till 2015, she was President of Luceplan and President of Iltiluce. From 2013 to 2015, she was also CEO of Iltiluce.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors since 16 April 2015. She was a member of the Control and Risks Committee from 2015 to 2021, and has been a member of the Sustainability Committee since 2020, becoming its chairwoman in 2021. She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 28 April 2021 from the slate submitted by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of votes.

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. Mariani meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2023 -

She was born in Hamburg (Germany) on April 4th, 1970.

Ines hold degrees in Process- and Energy Engineering from Technical University of Berlin (Germany), in Industrial Engineering from Ecole des Mines de St.Etienne (France) and a Master of Business Administration from INSEAD (France, Singapore). After beginning her career in consulting with the firm AT. Kearney in 1997, she later joined Ericsson in Germany in an international sales role. Following that she joined the private equity company Arques AG in 2003, where she became the CFO of a portfolio company, Completel, a telecom operator. Later she became the CFO of Arques AG, before joining a new portfolio company, SKW Stahl-Metallurgie AG, a specialty chemicals company in 2004.

She became CEO of SKW and after 2 years she took the company public on the German stock exchange. Ines left SKW after almost 10 years as CEO in order to join EWE AG, a large German utility company as their CTO/COO in 2015. From 2017 to 2020 she was member of the executive board of Aperam SA, a stainless steel producer in Luxemburg, assuming the responsibility for the downstream activities, the sales as well as the supply chain.

Currently she is partner in Matterwave Ventures, a venture capital fund specialized in industrial tech. Furthermore, she holds the following mandates:an independent board member at Umicore SA, a chemicals company with headquarters in Belgium, that she joined in 2011. At Umicore she is the chair of the audit committee. Board member of Boralex Inc, renewable IPP (independent power producer) based in Canada, which she joined in 2022. At Boralex Inc, she is a member of the sustainability and audit committee. Board member of ETEX SA, a building materials company based in Belgium, which she joined in 2022. At ETEX SA, she is the chairperson of the audit committee.

Other board mandates that Ines she held were Fuchs Petrolub SE, a lubricant producer in Germany (2011-2015) and Suez SA an environmental company headquartered in France (2013-2018). She has been a member of the Company's Board of Directors since 28 April 2021, when she was elected from the slate presented by the Board of Directors. That slate achieved the majority of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting. She is a member of the Sustainability Committee since 2021. The Board of Directors has verified that Ms. Kolmsee meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2023 -

She was born in Taiwan on 5 February 1965.

She graduated with a bachelor degree in Business Administration and Finance from Boston University in 1988 and attended the Finance Executive Management Program of Oxford University in 2003. After experience as Assistant Controller at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taipei, she moved to GE Capital's Corporate Finance Group in Los Angeles and Connecticut and stayed there from 1991 to 1995. In 1995 she joined American Express in New York as Director of Business Planning and then Director of Business Travel Marketing. She later became Vice President, Head of Investment Planning and Financial Analysis for International in 2000. She moved to London in 2004 as CFO of Europe and International Partnerships and Rewards in the capacity as the Head of Finance for American Express’ “Proprietary Card Business” in Europe.

There she directly oversaw all financial processes for the region, including business relating to the “International Membership Rewards” program and all “Co-Brand” partnerships. From 2007 to 2010 she took on the role of Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Payments Business for the UK and the Netherlands and EMEA Remote Account Management. In 2010 she moved to Rome and became Senior Vice President and Italy Country Manager of American Express, to which she added the role of Head of Card Services Central Europe & International Currency Cards in 2013. She remained in this position until she concluded her career with American Express in 2015.

Since 2016 she has held the position of Independent Director, member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Related Parties Committee for Poste Italiane S.p.A. She was also an Independent Director and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and member of the Risk Committee for the Bank of Ireland UK between 2017 and 2020.

She has been a member of Prysmian Group’s Board of Directors since 12 April 2018. She is a member of the Sustainability Committee since 2020. She was elected to her current position by the Shareholders' Meeting on 28 April 2021 from a slate presented jointly by a group of shareholders affiliated with asset management companies and institutional investors. This slate achieved the second highest number of votes at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

The Board of Directors has verified that Ms Kung meets both the eligibility requirements as per TUF article 148, paragraph 3 and the Corporate Governance Code’s art. 2, recommendation 7, and is qualified to serve as an independent director of the Company.

- January 2023 -