Board of directors

The current Board of Directors was elected at the Shareholders’ Meeting on April 9, 2008 and it will remain in office until the Shareholders’ Meeting that will be convened to approve the financial statements as at December 31, 2010. The current Board of Directors has 11 members.

Board of Directors
Name	Appointments and Compensation Committee	Internal Control and Corporate Governance Committee	Committee for Legal Disputes
Raffaele Picella Chairman of the Executive Board
Enrico Bondi Chief Executive Officer
Vittorio Mincato Director - Independent
Marco De Benedetti Director - Independent
Piergiorgio Alberti Indipendent director
Andrea Guerra Director - Independent
Carlo Secchi Director - Independent
Massimo Confortini Director - Independent
Marzio Saà Director - Independent
Erder Mingoli Director - Independent
Ferdinando Superti Furga Director - Independent

Each independent Director certified that he qualified as independent when his name was placed in nomination. These qualifications were verified by the Board of Directors at a meeting and will be re-verified annually.