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| 2012 annual report prysmian group
TOP MANAGER
VALERIO
BATTISTA
Chief Executive Officer
A graduate in Mechanical Engineering
from Florence University, Valerio
Battista is a manager with extensive
knowledge and understanding of the
industrial sector after more than 20
years of experience, initially with the
Pirelli Group and then with the Prysmian
Group, of which he took over the lead
in 2005. He held positions of increasing
responsibility within the Pirelli Group,
including for the restructuring and
reorganisation of Pirelli Cavi, which in
the period 2002-2004 was taken to
being one of the most profitable and
competitive in its industry.
In 2005 he played a key part in the
creation of the Prysmian Group, leading
to its flotation in 2007. The Group
of which he is currently CEO is world
leader in the energy and telecom cables
industry, with approximately 20,000
employees and 91 plants around the
world.
FRANK FRANCISCUS
DORJEE
Chief Strategy Officer
Prior to becoming Chief Strategy Officer
of the Prysmian Group, Frank Dorjee was
CEO of Draka, a position he had held
since January 2010, prior to which he was
CFO. In his six years at Draka, he was
instrumental in focusing the company’s
strategic and financial objectives and
in driving its reorganisation from a
country-based model to a divisional
organisation structure. Frank joined
Draka following a successful tenure as
a partner at KPMG and CFO at Van der
Moolen. He has a Master’s degree in
business economics and tax law from
the University of Amsterdam and is also
a Certified Public Accountant.
PIER FRANCESCO
FACCHINI
Chief Financial Officer
Pier Francesco Facchini is Chief Financial
Officer of the Prysmian Group. He
graduated in Business Economics in 1991
from the “Luigi Bocconi” University in
Milan. His first work experience was with
Nestlè Italia, where he held different
positions in the Management and
Finance department between 1991 and
1995.
From 1995 up to 2001, he worked for
the Panalpina Group where he held the
position of Regional Financial Controller
for the Asia-Pacific region. During his
career with the Panalpina Group he
was also appointed CFO of Panalpina
Korea and Panalpina Italia Trasporti
Internazionali S.p.A.. In April 2001 he
was appointed Finance Director of Fiat
Auto’s Consumer Services business
unit, leaving in 2003 to become CFO of
Benetton Group, a post he held until
November 2006.
