Nadia Fontana

Position in illimity: Independent director on the BoD and Member of the Audit and Internal Control Committee and of the Related Party Transactions Committee

Professional experiences

From 2017 to date

Member of the “Banking and Insurance Companies” Commission set up by the Rome branch of the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti ed Esperti Contabili (Italian Institute of Chartered Accountants and Accounting Experts)

From 1996 to date

Technical expert for the Rome Court

From 2003 to 2022

Partner in the tax firm “Studio Tributario e Societario”, a member of the Deloitte & Touche network. Worked as a Dottore Commercialista (Italian Chartered Accountant) focusing on providing advice and assistance for leading Italian and international groups. Acquired a vast amount of experience in corporate and financial reporting matters involving listed companies and groups and direct and international tax matters. Additionally acquired considerable experience in mergers and acquisitions, stock market listings and corporate reorganisation and financial restructuring processes as well as in Italian and international tax planning. Has corporate governance experience and has held positions on the control bodies of listed companies and companies supervised by the Bank of Italy, the ECB and the IVASS. Has gained expertise in the analysis of control systems and in organisational models, holding positions in supervisory bodies per Legislative Decree no. 231/2001. Has coordinated fiscal cooperative compliance projects pursuant to Legislative Decree no. 128 of 5 August 2015

From 2014 to 2020

Member of the 231/2001 Supervisory Board of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Immobiliare

In 2019

Involved in the stock market listing of Banca illimity S.p.A. as a member of the Bank’s Board of Statutory Auditors

From 2013 to 2019

Chair of the 231/2001 Supervisory Board in Poste Italiane

From 2016 to 2017

Position on the Board of Statutory Auditors of Banca Popolare di Vicenza, on appointment by Fondo Atlante

From 2013 to 2016

Position on the Board of Statutory Auditors of Poste Italiane, subject to supervision by the Bank of Italy of the separated assets of Bancoposta

In 2015

Involved, as a member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Poste Italiane S.p.A., in the stock market listing of the company, already subject to Bank of Italy supervision

From 1988 to 2002

Manager and then partner in the legal and tax advisory firm of the Arthur Andersen Worldwide network

In 1995

Registered in the Auditors’ Roll

In 1988

Registered as a Dottore Commercialista in the Rome Court district

In 1987

Qualified to practice as a Dottore Commercialista

From 1987 to 1988

Researcher at the Economics and Business Faculty of La Sapienza University in Rome, department of Commercial Law under the chair of Prof. Salvatore Pescatore

Other professional experiences

Speaker at numerous conferences on corporate and tax law

Regular professional updating as provided by the Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti, the Auditors’ Registry and Assonime e Assogestioni and at in-depth seminars on corporate governance as part of the NED Community

Current position on the Board of Statutory Auditors of Moncler S.p.A.

Current positions in Terna Rete Italia, Belmond Hotels, Infratel Infrastrutture e Telecomunicazioni per l’Italia

Current positions on the Boards of Statutory Auditors of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti Immobiliare, Axa Assicurazioni, Starwood Italia and Kuoni Destination Management

Chair of the 231/2001 Supervisory Body of Nuovo Pignone Holding

Associate of NED Community, Fondazione Marisa Bellisario and the PWA Professional Women’s Association

Education

University of California (Berkeley, California, U.S.A.), Department of Economics - Advanced business course

International Center for Professional Education of St. Charles (Chicago, Illinois, U.S.A.) Business School

Ph.D. in Commercial Law at La Sapienza University in Rome, department of commercial law under the chair of Prof. Salvatore Pescatore

Bachelor’s degree in Economy and Business awarded by La Sapienza University, Rome