Board of Directors

Administrative and Management Body

Our Board of Directors, consisting of nine members, seven of whom are independent, holds the widest powers for the ordinary and extraordinary management and administration of Amplifon. 

The current Board of Directors was appointed by the Shareholders' Meeting held on April 22th, 2022 and shall remain in office until the Meeting that is to approve the financial statements at December 31st, 2024. 

Composition

Our Board of Directors is characterized by an appropriate mix of skilled, professional profiles: it includes prominent executives, managers from other sectors, financial profiles and independent professionals. In addition, around 56% of  the members are women, while the average age of Board members decreased significantly, from 72 years-old in 2011 to the current 60, with a maximum age of 74 and a minimum of 39. Lastly, there is a single executive member, the CEO, and around 80% of the members are independent.

Board of Directors' self-evaluation

The self-evaluation process of the composition, role, and functioning of the Board of Directors is managed internally through an exercise involving the completion of a specific questionnaire and interviews conducted with each member by the Chief Internal Audit & Risk Management Officer, Head of Internal Audit. The results of the self-evaluation activity, assisted by the Remuneration and Nomination Committee with the support of the Chief Internal Audit & Risk Management Officer, are shared by the independent Administrators during their regular meeting and subsequently presented to the Board of Directors. Over time, the self-evaluation process has allowed for improvements in the Board's work in areas such as pre-board information, supporting documentation, in-depth discussions, and updates on increasingly relevant and current topics (e.g., sustainability, digitalization, cybersecurity). It also envisages the increasing involvement of the Board in the examination and analysis of strategic and relevant themes for long-term value generation.

Lead Independent Director

Albeit not having any operational role and not holding any power of attorney, the Chairperson of Amplifon, Susan Carol Holland, is Chairperson of Ampliter S.r.l., the legal entity controlling Amplifon. The Board of Directors, following the recommendations of the Corporate Governance Code, therefore assigned Lorenzo Pozza as Lead Independent Director in 2016, who was confirmed in this role at the first meeting of the new Board of Directors, on April 22th, 2022. The non-executive directors, in particular the independent directors, refer to Prof. Pozza to allow improved contribution from the members to the activity and functioning of the Board of Directors. The Lead Independent Director collaborates with the CEO in order to guarantee that the directors receive complete and timely information. In addition, he has the option of convening, independently or at the request of other members, specific meetings of independent directors only to discuss matters judged to be of interest, both in relation to the functioning of the Board and to the management of the company. At least one meeting of the Independent Directors takes place each year in December. 

The Lead Independent Director is also the Chairperson of the Risk Control and Sustainability Committee and the Supervisory Board.

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Susan Carol Holland

Chairperson

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Chairperson

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With a Bachelor's degree in Sociology and Psychology from Keele University (UK), and a Master's in Speech Therapy from the University of Milan, Susan Carol Holland worked as a speech therapist at Milan General Hospital from 1982 to 1983 and as marketing assistant in Amplisystem, Personal Computer department of Amplifon from 1983 to 1991. She joined the Board of Directors of Amplifon in 1988. In 1993 she was appointed Vice-chairperson of the group, and became Chairperson in 2011. 
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Enrico Vita

CEO and General Manager

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CEO and General Manager

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With a bachelor’s degree in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Ancona, he started his career in 1995 at Indesit Company where he worked for 20 years, taking on roles with increasing responsibility in Italy and abroad. In 2010 he takes up the position of Chief Operating Officer. 

In 2014, he joined Amplifon as Executive Vice President for the EMEA region and in 2015 he is appointed Chief Operating Officer, extending his responsibility for the three regions the company operates in. In October 2015, the Board of Directors appointed him Chief Executive Officer. 

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Maurizio Costa

Non-executive, Independent Director

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As a mechanical engineer, he began his career in the IRI Group, gaining experience in management consultancy. 

With the Montedison Group since 1984, he was Director of Strategy & Development for Standa from 1985 to 1988 and General Manager of the Standa Group from 1989 to 1992.

He joined Mondadori in 1992 and in 1997 he was appointed CEO of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore and in 2003 Vice-chairperson. 

He left Mondadori in 2013 and took the Vice-presidency of Fininvest S.p.A., until he was elected Chairperson of the FIEG (Italian Federation of Newspaper Publishers) until June 2018.

From 2015 to 2016 he was Chairperson of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A.

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Veronica Diquattro

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Non-executive, Independent Director

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With a Master’s degree in International Management at Luigi Bocconi University, Veronica Diquattro held the position of Managing Director, Southern and Eastern Europe in Spotify Ltd. and Google Play Strategist at Google Inc. in Dublin.

She is currently CEO Global Markets of DAZN Ltd.

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Laura Donnini

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Non-executive, Independent Director

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With a Bachelor's degree in Economics & Business from the University of Florence, she gained experience in the field of marketing for consumer goods multinationals such as Manetti & Roberts, Johnson Wax, where she became Director of Consumer Marketing, and Star Alimentare as Business Unit Director.

She joined the book publishing industry as Managing Director of Harlequin-Mondadori. In 2008 she was appointed CEO of Piemme and later Managing Director & Publisher of Mondadori. In 2013 she became CEO of RCS Libri, responsible for the Trade, Schools and International departments. Since 2017 she has been CEO & Publisher of HarperCollins Italia.

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Maria Patrizia Grieco

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Maria Patrizia Grieco

Non-executive, Independent Director

With a bachelor’s degree in Law from the State University of Milan, she started her career at Italtel in 1977, taking on the position of Legal and General Affairs Director in 1994, and in 1999 she was appointed Managing Director with the task of reorganizing and repositioning the company of which she was appointed CEO in 2002.

She was subsequently CEO of Siemens Informatica, a partner of Value Partners and CEO of the Value Team Group (now NTT Data). From 2008 to 2013 she was CEO of Olivetti, taking over as president in 2011. She has been Chairperson of the Board of Directors of Enel since May 2014.

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Lorenza Morandini

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Lorenza Morandini

Non-executive, Independent Director

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With a Bachelor’s degree in Business Administration at Luigi Bocconi University, Lorenza Morandini started her career in Bestfoods, and subsequently held the role of Head of Supply Chain Practice at The Boston Consulting Group, Group Service Marketing Director at Indesit Company, CEO and General Manager at Candy Hoover as well as Trade Marketing Director at Poste Italiane.

Italian native and English speaker, she is also an Adjunct Professor at Luiss Guido Carli University and at Luiss Business School located in Rome, Milan and Amsterdam.

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Lorenzo Pozza

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Non-executive, Independent Director

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With a bachelor’s degree in Business Economics from the Bocconi University in Milan, he has been a chartered accountant since 1991 and a certified statutory auditor since 1995. He is Associate Professor of Business Economics at the Bocconi University and author of publications on the topics of financial statements and business valuation.

Since 2015 he is part of the working group on international accounting principles of the OIC (Italian accounting body). He is a consultant for companies in different sectors, including listed ones, and has held several Board and Statutory Auditor positions. He is a founding partner of the Partners S.pA..

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Giovanni Tamburi

Non-executive, Independent Director

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Giovanni Tamburi

Non-executive, Independent Director

With a Bachelor's degree in Economics & Business from the La Sapienza University in Rome, he has been active in the field of corporate finance since 1977, initially in the Bastogi group, where he was Assistant to the Managing Director, then in the Euromobiliare group.

In 1992 he founded TIP, Tamburi Investment Partners S.p.A., of which he is Chairperson and CEO. 

He has previously taken on institutional roles, as member of the Commission for law 35/92 established by the Budget Ministry (Cappugi Commission for privatizations) and member of the Privatization Advisory Board of Milan city council. 

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2022 meetings lasted three hours on avg.
The Board of Directors met seven times in 2022, with an attendance rate of 96.8%

Appointment

According to our Articles of Association, the Board of Directors may consist of a minimum of three and a maximum of eleven members. The Shareholders’ Meeting set the current number at nine. Members are elected by the Meeting for a period of three terms and can be re-elected.

The members are appointed on the basis of the voting list mechanism: shareholders or a group of shareholders with a minimum holding of 1% of share capital, or the different measure established annually by CONSOB, may submit lists of candidates. All the directors from the list that obtains the highest number of votes are appointed, in the numerical order in which they are listed, with the exception of one, who will be elected from the minority list. 

Role and functions

The Board of Directors is invested with the broadest powers for the governance and both ordinary and extraordinary management of the company, with the exception of those powers reserved to the Shareholders' Meeting pursuant to the law or Articles of Association. 

Specific functions

  • examines and approves the Annual and Half-Year Financial Reports, the Interim Management Reports, the Budget (of the company and consolidated), the Non-Financial Disclosure, the Remuneration Report and the Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure.
  • examines and acknowledges strategic, industrial and financial plans of the company and the group, regularly monitoring their implementation 
  • defines the nature and level of risk compatible with the strategic objectives
  • evaluates the adequacy of the organizational, administrative and accounting structure of the company and its strategically relevant subsidiaries, with particular reference to the adequacy, efficacy and effective functioning of the Internal Control and Risk Management System
  • evaluates general management performance, regularly comparing the results obtained with the targets
  • examines and approves in advance transactions with significant strategic, economic, capital or financial importance for the company, paying particular attention to situations in which one or several directors have a direct or third party interest
  • defines, following a proposal from the Remuneration and Appointments Committee, a remuneration policy for Directors, Key Managers and the Head of Internal Audit.

Board Members' expertise

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Board members' industry experience

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