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Board of Directors

Our Board of Directors defines the guidelines that govern our actions. A strategy focused on sustainable development that creates value for all of our stakeholders.

Our board

Our corporate governance model assigns the Board of Directors a central role in determining company strategies. The current Board, made up of 9 members, was appointed on 22 April 2021. Its term will expire on the date of the General Shareholders’ Meeting called for the approval of the 2023 Financial Statements.

As a general rule, the Board of Directors of Banca Generali meets on a monthly basis. Its members are:

 

*Appointed by co-option pursuant to Article 2386 of the Civil Code on October 13, 2022

The Board of Directors' secretary is the General Counsel, Carmelo Reale.

The Board of Directors is vested with full powers of ordinary and extraordinary management of the Company. It has the authority to resolve on all matters pertaining to the corporate purpose that are not reserved to the exclusive competence of the Shareholders’ Meeting by applicable legislation.

Article 18 of the Articles of Association vests the Board of Directors with broad decision-making powers susceptible of significantly impacting the life of the Company and the Banking Group, including, in particular: the power to define the general operating guidelines and approve the Company’s strategic, industrial and financial plans, as well as transactions that could have a significant impact on the Company’s capital, economic or financial position; the power to define the Company’s general organisational layout, approve and amend internal rules and regulations, as well as set up advisory or coordinating committees or commissions.

The Board is the only corporate organ empowered to pass resolutions on: the setting up or closure of secondary offices; appointment of the Board members vested with powers of corporate representation and signature; mergers, in the cases permitted under law; and the amendment of the provisions of the Articles of Association that may be incompatible with new imperative regulatory requirements.

The Board of Directors of the Bank, which is the parent company of the Banking Group, is also assigned exclusive competence over resolutions concerning the purchase and sale of shareholdings by subsidiaries belonging to the Banking Group, as well as the establishment of the criteria for coordinating and managing the Banking Group companies and the implementation of the instructions issued by the Bank of Italy in the interest of group stability.

Finally, pursuant to the current regulatory framework governing companies providing investment services, the Board of Directors is tasked with drawing up corporate policies, measures, processes and procedures aimed at containing risks and ensuring capital stability, as well as sound and prudent management.

The Articles of Association provide for the Board of Directors of Banca Generali to be made up of no less than seven and no more than twelve members, appointed through the list voting system by the General Shareholders’ Meeting on the basis of the lists of candidates submitted by the shareholders. Those shareholders who alone or in conjunction with other shareholders represent the percentage of share capital envisaged for the Company by current applicable regulations are entitled to submit a list of candidates.

All Directors appointed shall fulfil the statutory requirements of independence set forth by applicable legal and regulatory provisions.

Directors hold office for a maximum of three financial years. Their term ends on the date of the meeting called to approve the financial statements of the last financial year of said term and they are eligible for reappointment.

The General Shareholders’ Meeting of 22 April 2021 established that the Board of Directors would be made up of 9 members and appointed the Board currently in office.

The term of the Board of Directors shall expire on the date of the General Shareholders’ Meeting called for approving the Financial Statements for the year ending 31 December 2023. The Board of Directors shall be made up of a majority of non-executive directors, while also ensuring an adequate gender balance, in compliance with applicable regulatory and statutory provisions. In order to guarantee a substantial equality, in its report concerning the ideal qualitative and quantitative composition of the Board drawn up for the meeting convened on 22 April 2021 to appoint the new Board, the Board of Directors establishes that at least one third of members belongs to the less represented gender as required by law and Article 15 of the Articles of Association (as amended by the resolution passed by the General Shareholders’ Meeting on 24 April 2013 to endorse the regulations on gender balance).

Pursuant to the provisions of Article 16 of the Consob Regulation adopted by Resolution No. 20249 of 28 December 2017, the Board of Directors must consist of a majority of independent Directors.

The Board of Directors currently in office is made up of 5 independent Directors.

The number and authoritativeness of the non-executive Directors are such as to ensure that their judgement carries a decisive weight in the decisions taken by the Board.

In accordance with the criteria set forth in the Board Rules and based on the information and declarations submitted by the Directors in question or otherwise acquired by the Board, the Board of Directors shall examine the fulfilment of the independence requirement whenever a new Director who qualifies as independent is appointed, as well as on a yearly basis with regard to all Directors. The Board of Statutory Auditors shall also be enabled to independently verify the outcome of the aforesaid assessment.

On the meeting of 22 April 2021, the Board of Directors acknowledge that Directors Lorenzo Caprio, Roberta Cocco, Massimo Lapucci and Vittorio Emanuele Terzi declared as independent.

2021

The Board of Directors of Banca Generali was appointed by the shareholders' meeting of 22 April 2021. The percentage of attendance at the meetings of the directors at the Board meetings will be available at the end of the current year.

2021

NameRoleExecutiveIndipendent% of meeting attendanceIn office since
Antonio Cangeri Chairman (data available at the end of the current year) 22 April 2021
Gian Maria Mossa CEO x (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018
Azzurra Caltagirone Director (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018
Lorenzo Caprio Director x (data available at the end of the current year) 22 April 2021
Roberta Cocco Director x (data available at the end of the current year) 22 April 2021
Massimo Lapucci Director x (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018
Annalisa Pescatori Director x (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018
Cristina Rustignoli Director (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018
Vittorio Emanuele Terzi Director x (data available at the end of the current year) 12 April 2018

2020

The percentage of attendance at the meetings of the directors at the Board before 22 April 2021

2020

NameRoleExecutiveIndipendent% of meeting attendanceIn office since
Giancarlo Fancel Chairman 100% 22 April 2021
Gian Maria Mossa CEO x 100% 12 April 2018
Massimo Lapucci Director 100% 12 April 2018
Anna Gervasoni Director x 93% 12 April 2018
Annalisa Pescatori Director x 100% 12 April 2018
Vittorio Emanuele Terzi Director x 100% 12 April 2018
Giovanni Brugnoli Director x 100% 12 April 2018
Azzurra Caltagirone Director 93% 12 April 2018
Cristina Rustignoli Director 100% 12 April 2018

The Rules Regulating the Proceedings of Meetings of Board of Directors and of Internal Committees is available on Corporate Documents

To download and view the documentation on the corporate and governance policies of Banca Generali.