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(born in Venezia in 1947)

Chairman of Cattolica Assicurazioni.
A graduate in Economics and Commerce from the Ca’ Foscari University in Venice, he specialised in Economics at Pembroke College, Oxford University.
Currently Chairman of the Ugo and Olga Levi Foundation of Venice, Deputy Chairman of Credito Fondiario S.p.A., member of the boards of directors of Webuild S.p.A. and Genextra S.p.A., he is also a member of the Council for Relations between Italy and the United States (Consiusa) and a member of the Assonime Council. Deputy General Manager of the Banca Nazionale del Lavoro from 1989 to 1990, he was then appointed CEO, a role he held until 2003.
During his career he has held various positions in the finance area of FIAT S.p.A., including Finance Director Fiat Auto and Finance Director of the FIAT Group. He has been Chairman of the La Biennale Venice Foundation, of Permasteelisa S.p.A. and of the Eurovita Holding S.p.A. insurance group. He has also been a member of the Board of Directors of Banco BPM S.p.A. and various companies including Fiera Milano S.p.A., Snam Rete Gas S.p.A. and Elica S.p.A. He has served on the Board of Directors of the Querini Stampalia Foundation in Venice and has been a Senior Advisor to the private equity fund TPG Capital and to Nomura.

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(born in Milan in 1966)

Head of the Risk Management Function of Cattolica Assicurazioni since December 2020.
Prior to joining Cattolica, he was Chief Actuary at Aviva and Head of Actuarial Reporting at Allianz. He was also involved in issues relating to the implementation within the company of Solvency II and IFRS 17 processes and systems and the issue of effective communication of results. Before assuming his current position, he was appointed Head of the Group Actuarial Function in February 2019. A Member of the Order of Actuaries.

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(born in Butera in 1970)

Head of Audit at Cattolica Assicurazioni since April 2021.
A qualified lawyer, he entered the insurance business in 2000 as a claims liquidator for RAS, and a few years later was appointed Head of the Anti-fraud Unit, a position he continued to hold, with additional responsibilities, after Allianz acquired the company’s insurance activities in Italy. In 2010 he was appointed Head of the Centralised Claims Area, and in 2012 Claims Fraud Manager. In 2014 he was appointed Head of Core Business Audit, and in 2017 became Head of Assurance Audit and Deputy Chief Audit Executive at Allianz S.p.A., with Audit responsibility in Core Insurance, Regulatory matters, Finance, IT and Fraud.

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(born in Legnago in 1980)

Head of the Compliance Function of Cattolica Assicurazioni since November 2020.
She has spent her career at Cattolica Assicurazioni, which she joined in March 2005. After a period in Life Product Development, she specialised in Risk Management, first in Governance and Operational Risks and then in Reporting, Governance and Regulation. In July 2016, she was appointed Head of Life and Pensions Offer Development. Since November 2017, she has been Head of Organisational Governance and Transversal Projects, also supporting the evolution of the governance system. Before assuming her current role, she was also Head of Governance and Organisational Development.

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(born in Ferrara in 1966)

He is Chairman of Cattolica Immobiliare and Cattolica Services. An honours graduate in Political Science from the University of Padua with an MBA from the Bocconi University School of Business Management in Milan.
Previously General Manager Markets and Distribution Channels with responsibility for the agency network, Bancassurance and Strategic Marketing, and prior to that CFO, CIO, Investor Relations Officer and head of M&A and Group equity investments, including in his capacity as Deputy General Manager of Cattolica. Within the Generali Group he has been a Marine underwriter at the UK Branch and on the staff of the Chief Executive Officer, where he was responsible for coordinating the Administration and Finance area. He gained experience of risk financing with the Marsh Group and was a Senior Director at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, working in Financial Advisory Services for the leading Italian insurance and banking groups. He has been a Senior Banker at ABN Amro and Managing Director at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, head of the Financial Institutions Group.
He is currently a member of the Corporate Governance Committee, consisting of business associations (ABI, ANIA, Assonime and Confindustria), professional investors (Assogestioni) and Borsa Italiana – and a member of the National and International High Education and Research Committee of the UNESCO Chair on the "Future of Sustainability Education" at the Pontifical Lateran University.

(born in Bordighera in 1982)

Head of the Business Development & Marketing Department since December 2020, with responsibility for the Multichannel Marketing, Client Strategy and Business Development & Partnerships divisions.
He worked for more than ten years as a business strategy consultant, achieving executive positions in international companies such as Capgemini Consulting and Accenture. He has managed business innovation and digital transformation programmes throughout his career for leading insurance and bancassurance players in Italy and abroad. Before assuming his current position, he was appointed Head of Business Development & Partnership of the Cattolica Assicurazioni Group in December 2017. Also on the Board of Directors of IMA Italia Assistance and IMA Servizi since April 2019.

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(born in Canosa di Puglia in 1976)

Chief Investment Officer of Cattolica Assicurazioni since March 2018.
Began his career as a Quantitative Analyst at Fineco Asset Management before joining the Allianz Group, holding positions of increasing responsibility before becoming Chief Investment Manager & Head of Financial Engineering for the Italian legal entity. After management experience in Munich for Allianz Investment Management and Allianz Reinsurance, he became Deputy Global Head of Asset-Liability Management and Strategic Asset Allocation for the Company. Has written several publications and speaks at international events.

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(born in Pontedera in 1967)

Deputy General Manager and Chief Operations Officer of Cattolica Assicurazioni since January 2020, with responsibility for the following areas: Business Operations, IT, Organisation, Transformation and Human Resources. Since December 2020 he is also responsible for Claims and for Complaints and Privacy.
Samuele Marconcini worked as a teacher and university lecturer before becoming a consultant and then a Director in the areas of Organisation and Human Resources, holding increasingly important and responsible roles with Italian and international companies. During his career, he has worked on change management and corporate reorganisation projects, achieving sustainable long-term transformation.
Within the Cattolica Group, he is also Chief Executive Officer of Cattolica Services S.c.p.a. since April 2020.

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(born in Verbania in 1967)

Deputy General Manager and Head of Non-Motor Business and Reinsurance at Cattolica Assicurazioni since July 2017.
Began his professional career with the Generali Group in 1992, holding increasingly prestigious positions at the subsidiaries Generali France, Generali UK and Generali Italia and, since 2003, at the Trieste-based holding company, where he also served as a Director for several Group companies until 2006. Subsequently Director of the Non-Motor Non-Life business of Unipolsai and Chief Executive Officer of Siat. Currently a member of the BoD of R.I.N.A. (Italian Naval Register).
Chief Executive Officer of TUA Assicurazioni since January 2019.

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(born in Trieste in 1968)

Deputy General Manager and Chief Financial Officer of Cattolica Assicurazioni since May 2020.
After experience as a researcher in mathematical analysis at the University of Trieste, he moved closer to the insurance sector, obtaining a master’s degree in Insurance and Risk Management at the MIB Trieste School of Management before working at Assicurazioni Generali and Fineco Vita. Subsequently an analyst at various financial institutions – Banca Leonardo, Credit Agricole and Kepler Cheuvreux – where he held positions of increasing responsibility. Joined the CFO area of Cattolica in 2015, first as Head of Group Management, Planning and Capital Management Control and then as Investor Relations Officer. A CFA Charterholder since 2004.

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(born in Cagliari in 1980)

Head of Secretariat, Legal Affairs and Corporate Requirements at Cattolica Assicurazioni since May 2020.
Developed his career at Cattolica Assicurazioni, which he joined in October 2007, after experience at Coldiretti in the Delegation for Relations with EU Institutions in Brussels. After more than seven years at the Special Projects Office, he also worked on the investigation and assessment of transactions with related parties at Consob, in the Related Party Transactions Monitoring Unit. Head of the Group Secretariat from February 2015 to August 2017, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. Before his current role, he was an officer for Extraordinary Corporate Transactions until November 2019, when he was appointed Head of Secretariat and Corporate Requirements.

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(born in Rome in 1973)

Director of Communication at Cattolica Assicurazioni since June 2020.
A professional journalist, he began his career at Il Tempo newspaper before moving on to the Adnkronos news agency. Worked as New York correspondent for ANSA between 1997 and 2000, also collaborating with Adnkronos, Sole 24 Ore, Il Tempo, Liberal and L’Espresso, and founded NOVA - Associazione Italiana MBA in 1999 with other students at Columbia University. Joined H3G as a business communicator in 2001. Subsequently joined Finmeccanica’s press office, before becoming Director of External Relations at Ansaldo STS and lastly Head of International Media and Trade Press, again at Finmeccanica. Before joining Cattolica he was also Head of Media Relations at Enel, Head of the Press Office at TIM and a partner at Comin & Partners from 2015 to 2018.

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(born in Padua in 1962)

Head of Coordination of Extra-Insurance Activities at Cattolica Assicurazioni since June 2020.
A Cavaliere dell’Ordine al Merito della Repubblica Italiana, he has served on various boards of directors during his career, including VEGa S.C.A.R.L. and Veneto Sviluppo S.p.A. and as General Director of Fondazione Cassa di Risparmio di Padova e Rovigo. Already a member of ministerially appointed working groups on the innovation and digitalisation of the public administration, during his career, which began at the Ministry of the Interior and the Prime Minister's Office, he has served as Director of Avepa, an operating entity for the payment of aid, premiums and contributions – to the economic and non-economic sector – of the Veneto Region. Before joining Cattolica, he also held the position of Implementing Party for the management of the Storm Adrian emergency on behalf of the Delegated Government Commissioner. A drone pilot with ENAC certification. General Manager of Cattolica Beni Immobili and Cattolica Agricola since November 2020.

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(born in Ferrara in 1966)

He is Chairman of Cattolica Immobiliare and Cattolica Services. An honours graduate in Political Science from the University of Padua with an MBA from the Bocconi University School of Business Management in Milan.
Previously General Manager Markets and Distribution Channels with responsibility for the agency network, Bancassurance and Strategic Marketing, and prior to that CFO, CIO, Investor Relations Officer and head of M&A and Group equity investments, including in his capacity as Deputy General Manager of Cattolica. Within the Generali Group he has been a Marine underwriter at the UK Branch and on the staff of the Chief Executive Officer, where he was responsible for coordinating the Administration and Finance area. He gained experience of risk financing with the Marsh Group and was a Senior Director at Arthur Andersen and Deloitte, working in Financial Advisory Services for the leading Italian insurance and banking groups. He has been a Senior Banker at ABN Amro and Managing Director at Crédit Agricole Corporate & Investment Bank, head of the Financial Institutions Group.
He is currently a member of the Corporate Governance Committee, consisting of business associations (ABI, ANIA, Assonime and Confindustria), professional investors (Assogestioni) and Borsa Italiana – and a member of the National and International High Education and Research Committee of the UNESCO Chair on the "Future of Sustainability Education" at the Pontifical Lateran University.

(born in Cava de' Tirreni in 1974)

Head of the Bancassurance Department and Life and Pensions Technical Area since December 2020, with responsibility for the Life and Pensions Technical Area and the Bancassurance and Direct Business Unit. After a period as a management consultant, he became Business and Product Development Manager at Pioneer Investments, where he was responsible for launching new asset management products and services for the Italian market. He then joined Banca Intesa as Head of the Asset Management and Bancassurance offer, before moving to Banco Popolare as Head of Retail Marketing. He joined the BNP Paribas Group in 2007, first as Head of Retail Marketing for the Individuals Segment and then as Head of Sales for Italy at BNP Paribas Cardif. Between October 2014 and December 2017, he was Deputy CEO of UBI Pramerica SGR. Before assuming his current position, he was appointed Head of Bancassurance Business at the Cattolica Assicurazioni Group in December 2017. He is also Chief Executive Officer of the companies Vera Vita, Vera Assicurazioni, Vera Protezione, BCC Vita and BCC Assicurazioni.

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(born in Rome in 1966)

Head of the Religious Entities and Tertiary Sector Business Unit of Cattolica Assicurazioni since December 2020.
He began his career as an insurance agent before becoming a General Agent of Winterthur Assicurazioni and Chairman of the Agency Company Advenia. Since 2008, he has been an advisor at the Religious Entities and Non-Profit Business Unit of Cattolica Assicurazioni, of which he became Head in 2015. In July 2019, he began his experience as an executive at BAP Spa, a Life company of the UBI Banca Group, before being appointed General Manager of UBI Sicura Spa, an Agency Company of the UBI Group, a few months later.

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(born in Foggia in 1970)

Data Protection Officer of Cattolica Assicurazione and Head of the Anti-Money Laundering Function since November 2020.
He began his career at RAS, first on the Life Technical-Regulatory staff and subsequently as Head of the Technical Secretariat of the Product Development Function. After a period as Managing Director of Darta Saving Life Assurance, an Irish company in the Allianz Group, he joined the Helvetia Italia Group, first as Head of Life Development and then as Life General Manager. He joined Cattolica Assicurazioni in October 2016 as Deputy Director of Life and Pensions. Before assuming his current role he was appointed Head of the Group Compliance Function in March 2019.

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(born in Motta di Livenza in 1978)

Director of Motor Business, Insurance Analytics & Business Architecture at Cattolica Assicurazioni since December 2018.
After a brief period as a consultant, he pursued his career within the Generali Group, where he gained more than ten years’ of international experience in companies operating in Italy and abroad and in coordination roles at holding company level. From 2004 to 2010, he held increasingly responsible roles in the marketing area of Genertel, eventually becoming Head of Marketing and Communication. Since mid-2010, his career has continued at the Generali Group holding company, where he is responsible for coordinating the international “Canalgrande” and “Customer as an Asset” programmes, which are designed to strengthen the central position of the customer and the Group’s direct distribution capacity. In 2011 and 2012, he relocated to Brazil as Director of Marketing and New Channels for Generali Brasil Seguros. On his return to Italy in 2013, he was appointed Business Performance Manager for the LATAM area and subsequently Head of Non-Motor at Global P&C Retail, focusing on the Group’s technical excellence programme, and Head of Connected Insurance Products Roll Out, tasked with strengthening the Group’s positioning in connected products. He joined the Cattolica Group in September 2017 as Director of Innovative Projects and, before assuming his current role, was appointed Director of Insurance Analytics & Business Architecture in February 2018. A member of the Board of Directors of IMA Italia Assistance and IMA Servizi since March 2019 and a member of the Board of Directors of IMA Care since September 2020.

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(born in Crema in 1989)

Head of the Actuarial Funcion of Cattolica Assicurazioni since January 2021.
He began his career as Junior Actuarial Consultant at Milliman before joining Ernst & Young as Senior Actuarial Consultant, where he developed technical skills in the fields of Solvency II, MCEV analysis, financial and actuarial modelling, technical provisioning and KID metrics. He has been Subject Expert in Actuarial Life Insurance at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan and he is a Member of the Order of Actuaries.

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(born in Sanremo in 1975)

Since December 2020, Marco Lamola has been Deputy General Manager and Sales Director of Cattolica Assicurazioni with responsibility for the agency network.
He began his career in the Generali Group sales network and, while still very young, gained management experience at leading insurance companies, holding increasingly responsible roles and moving up through all levels of the sales network. He worked for AXA Assicurazioni as a Department Director and a Sales Director, successfully focusing on building networks in both the Life and Non-Life businesses. He then joined Allianz as a sales manager, taking part in the innovative process of digitising the sales channel, first as the head of the Subalpina network and then of RAS, and helping to integrate the German company’s networks, of which he was subsequently appointed manager. During his career, he has worked on projects related to digital and modular insurance products. He joined Cattolica Assicurazioni in 2015 as Distribution and Marketing Director. He has previously served as Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Cattolica Previdenza and Servizi Consulenziali and as a Director of TUA Assicurazioni. He is currently a General Advisor to the ANIA-Consumatori Forum and member of the Distribution Commission.

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