Corporate Bodies

born in Rome on 7 September 1970.

She has a degree in Law and a postgraduate degree in Financial Law. She then gathered further experience in some of the major Italian law firms, specialising in corporate law and financial markets.

She worked for nine years at Borsa Italiana S.p.A., working on primary markets and providing assistance to listed issuers in matters concerning extraordinary transactions, corporate reporting, compliance and corporate governance. Admitted to the Bar Association of Milan, she has gained significant experience as a member of the Boards of Directors and Supervisory Bodies of some major listed and non-listed companies.

Author of several finance-related publications and professor of several continuous education classes on corporate and financial markets law, she has been a speaker at several conventions. She has been a director of Nexi since 13 February 2019.

She served as Secretary of the Scientific Committee that dealt with the update of the Code of Corporate Governance for Listed Companies and Head of the Department of Listing Legal in charge of the processes of admission to listing of shares and other financial instruments, with delegated powers on sensitive procedures.

She has participated in consultation procedures on industry regulations and the drafting of corporate procedures for the operation of the market management company, a CONSOB supervised entity. She is an expert on organization, corporate compliance, internal controls and 231 regulations.      

born in Padua on 11 December 1965, he graduated in Managerial Engineering from the Milan Polytechnic in 1990 and in 1994 he earned an MBA (Master in Business Administration) from the Institut Européen D’administration Des Affaires (INSEAD) in Paris.

Paolo Bertoluzzo started his professional career as a management consultant, working in Europe and in the United States.

From 1995 to 1999 he was a manager at Bain & Company, and in 1999 he joined Vodafone Italia S.p.A., where, from 2008 to 2013, he was CEO. From 2012 to 2013 he was also CEO for Southern Europe at Vodafone Group Plc; from 2013 to 2016, he was Group Chief Commercial and Operation Officer for the same company.

In July 2016, he joined the Nexi Group as Chief Executive Officer of CartaSì and Istituto Centrale delle Banche Popolari Italiane (now Nexi S.p.A.), respectively.

He has been a Nexi director since 13 February 2019 and since then he has held the office of CEO of the Nexi Group which, under his leadership, has experienced strong growth and expansion, also through the Nets and SIA mergers. 

Born in Naples in 1964, he graduated in Political Science and International Economics from the Federico II University in Naples.

He has gained 35 years of experience, many of them at the top of public and private companies, in different service sectors including transport, sports and hospitality. In the latter sector, he began his activity as an entrepreneur in 2014; he is the shareholder and Chair of CampusX, a leading student housing company in Italy; he is also the founder and CEO of Fattore Italia, a company that manages projects in the hospitality and tourism sector.

In the past he worked at Alitalia and Seat Pagine Gialle, held the office of CEO of Eurofly S.p.A., General Manager of Coni Servizi S.p.A., CEO of Atahotels of the Fondiaria-Sai group and General Manager of the Rome 2020 Olympic Games Promotion Committee.

In addition to the role of independent director of Nexi S.p.A., he is an independent director of Autogrill S.p.A., Chair of HRC S.p.A. (owner of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Lake Como) and of Hotel Cristallo S.p.A. (owner of the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Cortina D’Ampezzo). He is also a director of Ferroli S.p.A.. Until April 2022 he was an independent director of Geox S.p.A. for two terms.

He is founder and Chair since 2005 of L’Altra Napoli Onlus, a non-profit organisation that pursues projects for young people from Naples inner city.

In 2007 he was awarded the title of Commander of the Italian Republic (Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana).

born in Milan in 1970, she graduated in Economics from Bocconi University in 1995 and subsequently took various postgraduate courses in the United States of America.

She began her career as an Internet Marketing Manager at one of the most important media centres in Italy, and then in the Netherlands with UUNET (global internet business connectivity provider).

Since 1997 she has set up and moderated discussion groups dedicated to online marketing, including Mlist. In 1997 she wrote her first book “Web Marketing per le PMI” (Web Marketing for SMEs), which has long been a reference for the online marketing sector. She has also worked as a trainer and consultant (organising workshops and seminars throughout Italy on online, offline and mobile integration).

From 2005 to 2012, she worked at PayPal, holding roles of increasing responsibility. In particular, she held the position of Marketing Director, also spending a long period at the PayPal headquarters in the United States supporting a global strategic project as head of the planning and marketing strategy team for the EMEA area.

Subsequently she was CMO at Tandem Bank and at the date of this Report she is General Manager Digital for Europe and Russia at CIS Western Union.

born in Busto Arsizio on 16 June 1970, he graduated in Economics from the Luigi Bocconi University in 1993 in Milan and earned an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Columbia Business School of New York in 2000.

From 1994 to 1998 he was a consultant at Bain & Company’s Milan office, and from 2000 to 2003 he worked at Goldman Sachs in London.

In 2003 he joined Bain Capital Private Equity, where he holds the office of managing director and is co-head of technology, financial and business services.

He has been a director of Nexi since 13 February 2019.

born in Reggio Emilia on October 29, 1978, he graduated in Industrial Engineering at the University of Parma.

He started his career at Procter&Gamble; he then joined the investment banking team at Bank of America Merrill Lynch, working in London, Hong Kong, Rome and Milan. In 2007 he joined Advent International.

He has served as Board member for several companies with a strong technological/digital profile, including also Laird Ltd, an advanced IT application and IoT connectivity player, beyond Nexi.

born in Milan on 7 January 1964, he graduated in Business Economics from the Luigi Bocconi University of Milan in 1989.

From 1989 to 1992 he worked at RASFIN, at the primary market desk. In 1992, he joined Mediobanca, where he remained until 2015, holding the positions of Deputy General Manager and member of the Board of Directors, among others.

He currently provides consultancy services to entrepreneurs, family offices, financial companies and institutions, and is also a promoter and partner of FIEE, Fondo Italiano di Efficienza Energetica.

He is a member of the Boards of Directors of Technogym and Enervit, companies listed in Italy, and of Prada, a company listed in Hong Kong, as well as of FIEE SGR.

He has been a director of Nexi since 31 December 2021.

born in Mantua on 11 August 1972, she graduated in Economics and Business (cum laude) from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan in 1996.

She has held corporate positions of increasing responsibility in the marketing departments of Barilla Alimentare and Kraft Foods. From 2000 to 2013, she was responsible for hedging Consumer Goods & Consumer Luxury securities in the role of sell side Senior Financial Analyst at Intermonte SIM where she was a shareholder.

She has held and holds the office of non-executive independent Director in listed and non-listed medium and large companies involved in significant extraordinary transactions. 

She has been a director of Nexi since 26 September 2019.

born in Graz, Austria, on 28 November 1984, he graduated in Business Administration from St. Gallen University (HSG) and earned an MBA from Stanford Graduate School of Business.

He is currently a member of the Board of Directors of Allfunds and Nexi. Previously, he was a Member of the Board of Directors of Nets.

Since 2020 he has been a Partner of Hellman & Friedman, which he joined in 2014 after working in Warburg Pincus in the financial services and retail investment groups area and in Goldman Sachs in London in the financial services and M&A group.

born in Saronno on 13 May 1962, she graduated with honours in Economics and Business from the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore in Milan.

Since July 2017 she has been CEO and General Manager of AMCO - Asset Management Company S.p.A.. She has held a number of positions at UniCredit, including Deputy General Manager and CFO, having managed the Group’s most important external growth transactions.

She has been a member of the Board of Directors of Fiera Milano S.p.A. until 2022 and held the role of chief executive officer from April 2017 to July 2017.

She has also been a member of the Board of Directors of WeBuild S.p.A. since December 2019 and of the Investors Committee of the Italian Recovery Fund (formerly Atlante II).

She has been a director of Nexi since 31 December 2021.

Born in Genoa on 25 November 1974, he obtained a degree in Economics and Business with honours and special mention for publication from Luiss Guido Carli in 1997, a Master at the Erasmus University of Rotterdam in 2003 and a Ph.D. at Luiss Guido Carli in 2005.

Since 2016 he has been working at Cassa Depositi e Prestiti S.p.A. and currently holds the role of head of Corporate and Financial Institutions, in charge of the structuring of financing operations for mid-large corporates and SMEs and relationships with customers with the responsibility of the territorial network. He had previous managerial experiences in McKinsey & Company following projects mainly corporate finance, strategic-organizational and operations areas, ExxonMobil and Banca Popolare di Bari Group. He was a member of the Council of Experts at the Ministry of Economy and Finance, Department of the Treasury, supporting the Ministry on topics such as private equity funds and venture capital funds. 

He is a member of the Board of Directors of Elite S.p.A. – Euronext Group (Fintech) and the “Advisory Boards” of the credit and turnaround funds managed by Muzinich & Co. SGR and Anthilia Capital Partners SGR. Previously, Chairman of the Board of Directors of CDP Industria S.p.A. (holding of Saipem and Fincantieri), Member of the Board of Directors of Sace FCT S.p.A. (Factoring) and Sace BT S.p.A. (Credit insurance).

born in Figline Valdarno (FI) on 4 November 1966, she graduated in Economics in 1989 from the London School of Economics and in 1994 she earned an MBA (Master of Business Administration) from the Institut Européen D’administration Des Affaires (INSEAD) in Paris.

Throughout her career she has held managerial posts at Mckinsey & Company, MTV Networks Europe and Discovery Networks International.

She is currently an independent director of Angelini Hive, Ariston Holding NV and, since July 2021, Chair of RAI.

As of 13 February 2019, she is an independent director of Nexi.

Luca Velussi was born in Monfalcone in November 1969. He received his Bachelor of Science in Electrical Engineering from Princeton University and his finance degree from HEC School of Management in Paris.

He is currently a member of the board of directors of TeamSystem Holdco SPA and Cyncly.  Previously he served on the board of directors of Gaztransport & Technigaz (GTT), IRIS, Premier Foods plc and Aster City Holding.

He started his career at Goldman Sachs in 1994, first in the Investment Banking advisory group and then in the principal investment area.  He then served at Hicks Muse Tate and Furst from 2000 to 2005, and Hellman & Friedman from 2005 until 2011 in London and subsequently as an advisor.