Elena Cialliè

Position in illimity: Independent director on the BoD, Chair of the Risk Committee and Member of the Sustainability Committee

Professional experiences

From 2020 to date

Executive Director, with corporate governance and corporate finance advisory responsibilities, supporting British government departments and board director of ONEWEB Holdings Limited, London

From 2017 to 2020

Director of GEDI S.p.A.

From 2009 to 2016

Partner since foundation of the independent advisory firm Ondra Partners (London)

Advisor to senior managers and boards of directors of listed companies on matters regarding financial strategy, capital allocation and shareholder value creation, with specific emphasis on the management of complex capital structures and dialogue with institutional investors

From 1998 to 2008

Managing Director Financing Group in Goldman Sachs International: origination and execution of risk capital and debt placements on the public and private market on a pan-European basis

Vice-President Italian Advisory Team in Goldman Sachs International: consultancy on mergers, acquisitions and sales of listed and private companies, fairness opinions in Italy

Vice-President Leveraged Finance Group in Goldman Sachs International: structuring, underwriting and syndication of senior and subordinate bank and bond financing for leveraged buy-outs, acquisitions and other extraordinary operations for investment and non-investment grade companies in various European countries

In 1994

Qualified as “Dottore Commercialista”, Italian Chartered Accountant (registered in the Official Roll of Auditors)

From 1994 to 1998

Vice-President Structured Finance in Citibank: structuring and underwriting of financing for leveraged buy-outs and for non-investment grade companies in Europe

Corporate Finance, Milan

From 1991 to 1994

Three-year work-experience period for qualification as a Dottore Commercialista, DS&C

From 1990 to 1991

Research Assistant to Prof. A. Gervasoni

Other professional experiences

Member of the advisory board of the London alumni chapter

Trustee, Willow Foundation

Education

Sitting on Boards: Better Check and Control of Risks, Florence School of Banking and Finance

Induction Session Follow up, Assogestioni e Assonime

Induction Session for Directors and Statutory Auditors of Listed Companies, Assogestioni e Assonime

University degree in Business Economics, Bocconi University, Milan