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Member of the Board of Directors of Prysmian Group since 2014. Before his appointment as Chief Operating Officer Prysmian Group in February 2021, he was the CEO of Prysmian Group North America. His career in the Pirelli Group began in 1987 where, over a period of 18 years, he held various positions in R&D and Operations. After leading the Business Development department from 2000 to 2002, with responsibility for the Tyres, Power Cables and Telecom Cables businesses, he was appointed as the Pirelli Group Operations Director for Power Cables and Telecom Cables.

Following the creation of Prysmian Group on acquisition of the power and telecom cable activities of Pirelli in 2005, he became the CEO of Prysmian UK. Between 2011 and 2014 he served as the Chief Operating Officer of Prysmian Group, and then as Senior Vice President Business Energy Project and Chairman and CEO of Prysmian PowerLink S.r.l. He was the CEO of Prysmian Group North America from June 2018 to February 2021. Battaini graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Politecnico di Milano has an MBA from SDA Bocconi.

June 26^th, 1972

Alessandro Nespoli is leading the Group Internal Audit & Compliance Department of Prysmian S.p.A. since October 2016.

Before joining Prysmian, Alessandro, from January 2006 to September 2013, covered various roles within the Corporate Legal Department of Luxottica Group S.p.A., until he was appointed Head of Legal Affairs; thereafter, from October 2013 to October 2016, as Chief Audit Executive of Luxottica Group S.p.A., he managed and coordinated globally the audit function and activities, leading an international group of more than 20 professionals organized in four regional audit teams based respectively in Milan (Italy), Cincinnati (Ohio, USA), Shanghai (PRC) and Sydney (Australia).

He is an Italian law qualified lawyer and started his legal career in 1997. From January 2024 Alessandro Nespoli is the Chief Risk & Compliance Officer of Prysmian.

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Maria Cristina Bifulco, graduated with honors at Università Commerciale “L. Bocconi” in Milan and completed her MBA in Strategic Management at the Kingston Business School in London. After the MBA she joined Bloomberg Financial Services in London and in 2008 she moved to Italy where she joined Snam SpA where she firstly served as Head of Financial Markets Analysis and Investor Relations and then as Head of Foreign Subsidiaries, coordinating acquisitions of foreign participations. In 2013 Maria Cristina became Head of Investor Relations at Indesit Company SpA and joined Prysmian Group in 2014  as Group Investor Relations Director.

In 2021 she was also appointed as Group Chief Sustainability Officer. In January 1^st , 2024 she was appointed as Chief Sustainability, Investor Relations and Communication Officer. From August 1^st 2025, Maria Cristina Bifulco is the Chief Strategy Officer of Prysmian.

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January 24^th, 1976

Srinivas ‘Srini’ Siripurapu received his Doctor of Philosophy in Chemical Engineering from North Carolina State University USA. His graduate research focused on polymer blends and alloys, structure property relationships of polymers, polymer rheology, nanomaterials and supercritical fluids.

Srini joined General Electric Company after graduating from NC State and held multiple roles of increasing responsibility in product development and technology innovation. He served as their Global Product Technology Manager for the Specialty Polycarbonates Business. While at GE, he completed his Design for Lean Six Sigma Black Belt Certification. He moved to General Cable Corporation and went on to serve as Vice President of Global Technology with responsibility for the Research & Development and Engineering functions of the company.

Srini currently serves as Chief R&D, Sustainability and Innovation Officer of Prysmian, the world leader in the energy and telecom cable systems industry. In his current role he is responsible for the company’s world wide R&D strategy, R&D talent development and Innovation pipeline.

Srini has a proven track record of building high performance teams and successful customer driven innovations in Energy, Electrical Infrastructure, Communications, Automotive, Aerospace, Healthcare and Consumer Electronics market segments.

Srini is active in industry organizations in North America as well as Europe and he mentors young scientists and engineers through these professional organizations.

Srini is passionate about innovation and is an inventor on over 50 patent applications.

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Born in Lugo (RA) on 4 August 1967.

Graduated from Milan's Bocconi University in 1991 with a degree in Business Economics. His initial work experience was gained at Nestlè Italia, where he held various roles in the Administration and Finance area from 1991 to 1995. Between 1995 and 2001 he worked for several companies within the Panalpina group, including as Regional Financial Controller for the Asia and South Pacific area and as Administration, Finance and Control Manager at Panalpina Korea (Seoul) and at Panalpina Italia Trasporti Internazionali S.p.A. In April 2001 he become the Finance and Control Director of the Consumer Services BU at Fiat Auto, which he left in 2003 on appointment as the CFO of Benetton Group, where he stayed until November 2006. Facchini joined the Board of Directors of the Company in February 2007. With reference to his current mandate, he was elected on 12 April 2018 from the list presented by the Board of Directors, which obtained the majority of the votes cast at the Shareholders’ Meeting.

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John Andrews Bio    

John Andrews has spent the past 14 years serving in roles throughout the region, most recently as head of North America Human Resources. John started in 2011 as General Cable’s Director of Human Resources for the Industrial/Construction/Specialty Division. Over the next decade, his roles grew to include corporate functions and operations for the region. John leveraged his experience from the Prysmian/General Cable merger to direct Encore Wire’s integration into North America.

Prior to Prysmian, John worked in various Human Resources roles for CEMEX including Regional Human Resources Manager for the Midwest and Western/Northern Florida. In 2005, John was named Regional Vice President of Human Resources for the Western United States.

John earned a Bachelor of Business Administration as well as a Master of Business Administration from Kent State University.

Javier Arata is the Chief Executive Officer for the North Europe region in Prysmian Group. Javier has been working in the industry for the last 26 years. After graduating from the University of Buenos Aires in 1990 with a Master of Electronics Engineering and working as an IT Consultant and Electronic Engineer, Javier started his career in manufacturing at Pirelli Pneumaticos in 1992. Since the start of his career at Pirelli, Javier has received a Master of Business Administration in IDEA as well as completed the International Exchange Program at London Business School (1994). Born and raised in Argentina, Javier has plenty of international experience – from different positions in Argentina, UK, Spain, Brazil, Italy, Finland and, currently in Malmö,Sweden. Javier blends engineering knowledge with a good business understanding and hands-on experience in many business areas – he has held positions as an Industrial Engineering Manager, Purchasing Director, Planning Manager for Latin America, B2B Manager for Europe, Global Logistics Director, Chief Executive Officer in Finland and now- CEO of the North Europe Region.

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Born in Valcamonica, in a small village in the Brescia mountains.

Graduated in Economics, she is a manager with over 30 years of experience in national and multinational companies, public and private, listed and non-listed. She has developed her career as Sales & Marketing Director, Business Unit Director and then as Chief Executive Officer, both in service companies and in industrial production companies. She has launched and managed start-up from green field, business development and downsizing projects, and has extensive experience in crisis management.

She was CEO of Trenord - the second Italian railway company owned by Trenitalia and Ferrovie Nord, with 2,300 trains per day and 4,300 employees – and President of TILO - a Swiss company owned by the Swiss Federal Railways and Trenord, which manages cross-border transport.

She was a Board Member and Chairman of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee of Italgas - the Italian leader in gas distribution - and a Board Member of CAL Concessioni Autostradali Lombarde, a company owned by ANAS and Infrastrutture Lombarde, which manages the most relevant motorway network of northern Italy. Since 2020 she has been a Board Member of IN.BRE. - a company active in the design, construction and management of hydroelectric plants in Italy - and of TREVI Finanziaria Industriale, world leader in subsoil engineering for special foundations, tunnel excavations, ground consolidation, and production of specialized machinery and equipment.

She was recently appointed Board Member of CIIM EurAsiaMed, The Confederation of Italian Entrepreneurs Worldwide, based in Istanbul.

She started her career in Prysmian as Sales & Marketing Director of Prysmian Italy and Switzerland, becoming later Chief Executive Officer in India and then Global Vice President of Energy & Infrastructure. In the past 2 years she was Chief Executive Officer of Prysmian Turkey, the Prysmian company listed on the Istanbul Stock Exchange.

From June 1^st, she is Regional Chief Executive Officer of MEAT – Middle East, Africa, Turkey & India.

Co-founder of the Italian Angels for Women Association - the first group of female business angels in Italy, for the development of female start-ups, promoted by AXA and Impact Hub Milan -, she is a partner of Doorway, an equity crowdfunding platform for business angels and investors, and co-founder and Board Member of 'Operation Vivere', the non-profit organization that supports technological and scientific development in cancer surgery through minimally invasive interventions at the Grande Ospedale Metropolitano Niguarda in Milano.

In 2018 at Palazzo Marino in Milan she was awarded the 'Merit and Talent' Award, dedicated to women who are changing businesses, and in the last two years she has been awarded by the Turkish Ekonomist for being among 'The 50 most powerful women CEO of Turkey '.

On January 1^st ,2024 Cinzia Farisè was appointed as Power Grid Executive Vice President. As of August 1^st, 2025, Cinzia Farisè is Power Grid & Electrification Executive VP of Prysmian.

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From January 1^st ,2024 Frederick Persson is the Digital Solutions Executive Vice President, from 2018 to 2023 he served as CEO of the Central East Europe region within Prysmian. He started that role in February 2018 after serving 4 years as CEO of Prysmian Australia. Before that he served as CEO for Prysmian/Draka in Sweden for 3 years. Prior to starting with Prysmian in 2010 Persson served as Managing Director for Stappert Specialstal in Sweden. Stappert is a wholesaler in the steel industry with focus on stainless steel. Persson has also served as the Sales Director for Balco, a Swedish company focused on balconies and glass solutions for balconies. Prior to that, Persson served within the Swedish steel company SSAB Oxelösund, he held various positions within Logistics and Sales in Sweden and in Canada. Persson holds a B.Sc. Degree in Business from the University of Växjö, Sweden and a degree in Chemistry engineering. He is born 1971.

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Marcello Del Brenna is the CEO of Prysmian Group South Europe (France – Italy – Spain – North Africa). He served as CEO of Prysmian Group in UK from June 2018 to February 2023 and CEO of South America for 4 years from January 2015 to June 2018.

He started his career in Prysmian (at that time Pirelli Cavi) in 1993 in the R&D department in Milano. In 1999 he moved to Australia as Chief Engineer, when Pirelli bought MM Cables, coming back in 2001 to the headquarters as Director for Product Marketing and Engineering. After a 4 years’ experience as CEO of Prysmian Cables and Systems Finland, he moved in 2009 to the position of CEO of Prysmian Powerlink, responsible for the Submarine and High Voltage business of the Prysmian Group worldwide.

Marcello holds a Master Degree in Nuclear Engineering from Politecnico di Milano, obtained in 1992.

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November 11^th, 1965

Andrea Pirondini has been CEO North America since February 2021. From January 2014 to February 2021 he was Chief Operating Officer of the Prysmian Group. With a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University "Luigi Bocconi" in Milan, he began his professional career in the Pirelli Group in 1989 covering, in over 25 years of experience, various positions between the United Kingdom, Italy, Turkey, Russia and Egypt in the Tires and sectors Cavi e Sistemi, where he participated in the restructuring of the industrial system of power cables. From 2004 to 2007 he was responsible for the Steelcord Business Unit, and for the country of Turkey in the Pirelli Pneumatici area. From 2008 to 2010 he was head of the Pirelli Truck Tires Business Unit. In 2010 and up to the beginning of 2012 he followed the inorganic growth operation of Pirelli Tires in Russia, becoming CEO of the new JV created with the partner of the Russian Federation Rostekhnologii. In 2012 he was appointed Chief Commercial Officer of Pirelli Tire S.p.A., role held until December 2013.

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Erkan Aydoğdu is a graduate from the Middle East Technical University (in Ankara, Turkey) with a degree in Mechanical Engineering.
Aydoğdu started to work within the Prysmian Turkey family in 1997, in the Production Planning department.
In 2000, as a Process Kaizen Engineer, Aydoğdu moved on to Italy. Here he began a position as leader of the continuous improvement teams in Europe's different facilities, between 2001-2002. Aydoğdu came back to Turkey in 2003 and worked as Logistics Manager.
Then in 2010, Aydoğdu took on the responsibility of R&D and Logistics Director.

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