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FABIO
ROMEO
Executive Vice President
Energy Business
Fabio Romeo has been Executive Vice
President Energy Business since July
2011. After graduating in Electronic
Engineering from Milan’s Polytechnic
University in 1979, he then obtained
an M.S. and a Ph.D. in Electrical
Engineering and Computer Sciences
from the University of California in
Berkeley. He began his career with Tema
(ENI Group) as Product Manager for its
chemical plants and in 1982 he moved to
Honeywell as a technical advisor to the
Group’s CEO. In 1989 he joined Magneti
Marelli as Innovation Manager of the
Electronics division, later becoming
Director of the Electronics Systems
division. In 2001 he moved to the Pirelli
Group, where he held the positions of
Director in charge of the Truck business
unit and Director in charge of the Pirelli
Cable division’s Utilities business.
Between 2004 and 2010 he was the
Director of Prysmian’s Energy Cables
division.
PHIL
EDWARDS
Executive Vice President
Telecom Business
Phil Edwards has been Executive Vice
President Telecom Business since July
2011. After graduating as a Bachelor
of Science from Swansea University in
1979, he began his graduate training in
the Dunlop Group before moving into
the cable industry in 1981 with ITT. Over
the past 30 years he has held a number
of senior engineering, operations
and general management/executive
positions within the cable industry
including with ITT, Nortel, Pirelli and
Marconi. He joined Draka in 2000 and
relocated to the Netherlands where his
position at the time of the Prysmian
merger was President of the Draka
Communications Group.
MASSIMO
BATTAINI
Chief Operating Officer
Massimo Battaini has been Chief
Operating Officer of Prysmian Group
since January 2011. He has a degree
in Mechanical Engineering from the
Polytechnic University of Milan and
an MBA from SDA Bocconi (Milan). He
started his career with the Pirelli Group
in 1987 and held various positions in
R&D and Operations over an 18-year
period. After running the Business
Development department for two years,
covering the three Business Divisions
of Tyres, Energy Cables and Telecom
Cables, in 2002 he become Operations
Director of Energy and Telecom Cables
and Systems for Pirelli Group. In 2005 he
was appointed CEO of Prysmian UK, a
position he held until December 2010.
