(Finance) – After the surprise resignation of Francesco Gaetano Caltagirone, the Board of Directors of General fails in the first attempt to replace him. By examining the proposal of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee, the board has chosen to proceed with the appointment by co-optation of Roberta Neri, before the non-elected on the list presented to the shareholders’ meeting on 29 April last by the shareholder VM2006 Srl (company of the Roman entrepreneur). Neri, in addition to being a director and advisor of some companies, was in the past managing director of Enav and financial director of Acea. The candidate has though declined to accept the assignment.
Consequently, the board appointed the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee to propose a new candidacy following the procedures indicated in the statute.
The board also has internal board committees have been redefined as follows: Control and Risks Committee; Remuneration and Human Resources Committee; Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee; Related Party Transactions Committee; Innovation and Sustainability Committee; Investment Committee.
To the Investment Committee the competence of, among others, has been attributed instruct investment transactions and divestment under the responsibility of the board as well as merger & acquisition operations and industrial alliances and partnerships, including through the establishment of joint-ventures, having a value not less than 250 million euros. The Board of Directors appointed the following members of the Investment Committee: Antonella Mei-Pochtler (chairman), Alessia Falsarone, Clara Furse, Lorenzo Pellicioli and Clemente Rebecchini. The composition of the other internal board committees remains the same.
Marina Brogi and Flavio Cattaneoelected from the Caltagirone list, declared their own willingness to be part of the committees endoconsiliari starting from the day in which the board will co-opt the new member, also in light of the competences of the new director.