Corporate Governance

He has a considerable experience in the field of essential oils due to the many years devoted to Research and Development at the laboratory and the significant business relationships established with customers.

He has been a member of the Board since 2001. He also currently is Safety and Health Manager in the workplace.

He has a considerable experience in the juice industry, thanks to his now long-standing experience in business relations with italian and foreign customers, as well as participation in numerous domestic and international trade fair events.

He has been a member of the Board since 2002. He also is Sales Director in the juices business unit.

After graduating in Business Administration, he specialized in Corporate Finance at the "Luigi Bocconi" University of Milan. He is financial advisor and auditor, certified Effas financial analyst and adjunct lecturer at the University of Salerno. Since 2020, he has been responsible for “Fondo Cresci al Sud,” managed by Invitalia Spa and aimed at acquiring minority stakes in the venture capital of SMEs with registered and operational headquarters in Southern Italy.

He is a board member of several private companies, including Frigomeccanica Srl, Tesi Srl, Lirsa Spa, Contrader Srl, as well as EGM-listed companies such as E-Globe Spa and Simone Spa. He was also Investment Director in the activities related to the management of the closed-end securities funds “Fondo di Promozione del Capitale di Rischio per il Mezzogiorno” and “Atlante Private Equity” of IMI Fondi Chiusi Sgr and Project Leader Basket Bond within the Corporate Finance team of Mediocredito Italiano (Intesa Sanpaolo).

He received his Law degree from the University of Messina in 1993. He was appointed notary public in 2001. In 2012 he was elected Councilor of the Milan Notary Council, of which he served until February 2024. In early 2017, he took office as Secretary of the Milan Notary Council and in February 2020 he was elected President of the Milan Notary Council, a position he held for 4 years.

Concurrently with his position as President of the Milan Notary Council, he also was:

• President of the "Lelio Ruggeri" Foundation, as stated in the Foundation's bylaws
• Chairman of the Commission for the Development of Uniform Principles in Corporate Affairs of the Milan Notary Council
• President of the Commission “Massime per il Terzo Settore” of the Milan Notary Council
• Member of the Steering and Monitoring Committee of the Lombardy School of Notaries

He is a member of the Information Technology Commission of the National Notary Council, with responsibility for relations with UnionCamere.

He received, in 1991, a degree in Economics from the University of Messina and later a Doctorate in Tax Law from the Faculty of Law at University of Catania. In 2019, he attended the Postgraduate Course “Management of Public Administrations” at SDA Bocconi.

He is a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants (since 1994 of Messina and now of Barcelona P.G.) and of the Register of Auditors. He is a lecturer in Tax Law in the graduate course in Business Management of the Department of Economics at the University of Messina. He has held numerous professorships at the same University, has been a speaker at numerous conferences and is the author of numerous publications on tax matters. He is a statutory auditor at several national companies.

He has held and still holds several positions of primary importance, including Component of the Surveillance Committee of Caronte&Tourist Spa, Court Accounted Expert, Consultant of the Public Prosecutor and of the Preliminary Investigation Judge at the Courts of Patti, Barcellona P.G. (ME), Messina and Palermo in the field of accounting, financial, tax, corporate and bankruptcy crimes.

He received his bachelor's degree in Administration and Control from the University of Pavia in 2007 and his master's degree in Economics and Business Legislation, from the same university, in 2010; he has been a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Vercelli since 2013 and a member of the Register of Auditors kept at the Ministry of Economy and Finance.

He has been financial advisor and auditor since 2014, serving as a consultant and holding leading roles, including, starting in 2015, financial advisor and auditor at the auditing firm PWC Spa, as well as, between 2020 and 2022, the role of lecturer at COVERFOP - Cosortium for Professional Training of Vercelli.

He received his bachelor's degree in Business Administration from the University of Messina in 2013 and his master's degree in Counseling and the Profession, from the same university, in 2015.

He has held and holds to date several positions of primary importance, including member of the Surveillance Committee of companies such as Consorzio A.P.A.M. Società Cooperativa, Maiorana Costruzioni Srl, and the position of Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors at the ITT-LSSA Copernico Public Institution located in Barcellona Pozzo di Gotto (ME).

She graduated in Economics from the University of Messina in 2004. She has been practicing as a chartered accountant and auditor since 2011.

She is a bankruptcy trustee and expert negotiator of business crisis. She has held and holds to date several positions of primary importance, including Statutory Auditor at IRFIS - FinSicilia Spa, SRR Messina e Provincia Società Consortile P.A., Accounted Expert at the Court of Patti (ME), Consultant of the Public Prosecutor, Judicial Custodian and delegate to the sale.