MARCO EDOARDO DE BENEDETTI

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1 CARLO BUORA Born in Milan in He began his career in the Financial Dept. of the BNL Group, where he worked until Afterwards he became Chief Financial and Administrative Officer at Merloni Finanziaria S.p.A. and Chief Financial Officer at Snia Viscosa S.p.A. In 1984, following Fiat s purchase of the company, he joined the Fiat Group. In 1989 he was appointed Deputy General Manager of Telettra S.p.A. In the same year, he was also appointed General Manager of the Benetton Group. In November 1991 he was appointed Chief Financial and Administrative Officer of Pirelli S.p.A., of which he became General Manager in In 1999 he became General Partner of Pirelli & C. S..p.A. and, in 2001, Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. In the same year, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Italia and Chairman of Tim S.p.A. In December 2004 he was appointed Chairman of the Board of Directors of Tim Italia S.p.A.. Mr. Buora is likewise Member of the Board of Directors of Olimpia S.p.A., Pirelli & C. Real Estate S.p.A., RCS Mediagroup S.p.A., Mediobanca S.p.A. (of which he is also member of the Executive Committee) and RAS S.p.A. Since January 2004, he has been Deputy Chairman of F.C. Internazionale S.p.A.

2 GIANNI MION Born in Vo (Padua) in 1943 After an initial period of academic experience at the Ca Foscari University in Venice (as University assistant for the Political Economics course), he joined KPMG in 1967, working as auditor at the Rome and Chicago offices. In 1973 he joined Mc Quay Europa S.p.A. as controller. In 1974, he moved to Gepi S.p.A., were he was appointed Deputy General Manager in From 1983 to 1985, he was Chief Executive Officer of Fintermica S.p.A. and then became Chief Financial Officer of Marzotto S.p.A. Since 1986 he has been Chief Executive Officer of Edizione Holding S.p.A. Currently Mr. Mion is Chief Executive Officer of Schemaventotto S.p.A., and Member of the Board of Directors of Benetton Group S.p.A., Autogrill S.p.A., 21 Investimenti S.p.A., Autostrade S.p.A., Banca Antonveneta S.p.A., Olimpia S.p.A.,Luxottica S.p.A. and since 2001 he has also been Member of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia S.p.A., Tim S.p.A. (where he was appointed Deputy Chairman in 2002) and Telecom Italia Media S.p.A. Since December 2004, he is Member of the Board of Directors of Tim Italia S.p.A. (where since January 2005 he was appointed Deputy Chairman).

3 MARCO EDOARDO DE BENEDETTI Born in Turin in From 1987 to 1989, he worked for Wasserstein, Perrella & Co., a merchant bank in New York, in the Mergers & Acquisitions. Dept. In 1990, he joined Olivetti as assistant to the Chief Executive Officer of Olivetti System & Networks; he was subsequently appointed Marketing and Services Group. Director. In 1992 he was appointed General Manager of Olivetti Portugal. In 1994 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Olivetti Telemedia, the Group company dealing with telecommunications and multi-media services. He was subsequently appointed Chairman of Olivetti Telemedia. In October 1996, he was appointed Chairman of Infostrada S.p.A. and, in December 1997, he was also appointed Chief Executive Officer. In March 1998 he also assumed the position of manager of the telecommunications strategies within the Olivetti Group. Since July 1999 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Tim S.p.A. Since December 2004, he is Member of the Board of Directors of Tim Italia S.p.A. (where since January 2005 he was appointed Chief Executive Officer).

4 CARLO ANGELICI Born in Rome in He embarked on the academic career at the University of Rome, where he currently is Dean of the Faculty of Law. He has been often selected as a member of Committees for the Ministry of Justice: specifically, the one to implement EU Directives on corporate issues, the one to draft a bill of delegated legislation for the reform of corporate law ( Mirone Committee ), the one to implement the delegated legislation for the systematic reform of corporate law ( Vietti Committee ), and also the study committee for implementing the coordination and amendments to Legislative Decrees 5 and 6 of 2003, with enactment of the aforesaid delegated legislation on the systematic reform of corporate law. He is a member of the Committee of Statutory Studies for the National Notarial Council. Since May 2004 he has been Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A. Mr. Angelici satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

5 CARLO BERTAZZO Born in Monselice (Padua) in He began his professional career at Banca Commerciale Italiana in In 1991, he joined IFI - Istituto Finanziario Industriale S.p.A, where he was entrusted with several tasks in the areas of Control, Financial Planning and Shareholding Management. In 1995, he joined Edizione Holding S.p.A., where he was appointed Head of the Financial Department. He is a Member of the Board of Directors of Autostrade per l Italia S.p.A., Telecom Italia Media S.p.A., Tim S.p.A. and Tim Italia S.p.A..

6 LORENZO CAPRIO Born in Milan in He is a certified public accountant and is registered with the Board of General Auditors. During his professional career, he has collaborated with research institutes and offices outside of the academic world (such as IRS Institute for Social Research, Assonime, Centro Studi Confindustria) and he has held numerous offices in the administrative boards of companies and public bodies. He is responsible for research projects at a national level, funded by the Italian Ministry for Education, University and Research. He is currently responsible for a project on Corporate Governance of Italian listed companies. Since 1998, he has been Head of the Centro Studi Finanziari (Ce.S.Fi. Centre for Financial Studies) of the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan. He holds the chair in Corporate Finance at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, and is also professor of Corporate Finance and Corporate Banking at Università della Svizzera Italiana in Lugano. He is a Statutory Auditor for the insurance companies Commercial Union Previdenza S.p.A., Commercial Union Assicurazioni S.p.A., Commercial Union Life S.p.A. and Commercial Union Italia S.p.A. Since 2003, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A., and since December 2004 also of Tim Italia S.p.A.. Mr. Caprio satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

7 GIORGIO DELLA SETA FERRARI CORBELLI GRECO Born in Florence in He joined the Pirelli Group in 1961, where he held different offices, including that of Resident Representative for Central America, Vice Director of a Branch, President of Pirelli Tire Corporation USA, Chief Executive Officer of Pars Tyre Company in Iran, Chief Executive Officer of Pirelli SACIC in Brussels, Head of the Representative Headquarters in Rome and Head of Relations with the Public Administration, Chairman of Pirelli S.A. in Brazil and Coordinator of the activities of the Pirelli Group in South America. Since May 2004 he has been Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A..

8 ENZO GRILLI Born in Casarza Ligure (Genoa) in He teaches International Economics at the Bologna Center of John Hopkins University. From 1993 to 1996 he was Executive Director of the World Bank, where he previously worked as Head Economist and Director of Development Policies. From 1997 to 1999 he was Executive Director of the International Monetary Fund. Since 2001 he has been Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and, since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A.. Currently, he is also Director of Generali S.p.A. and Impregilo S.p.A. Mr. Grilli satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

9 ATTILIO LEONARDO LENTATI Born in Milan in From 1961 to 1971 he worked at La Centrale Finanziaria S.p.A., in the Financial and Administration Department. From 1971 to 1977, he was the person in charge for investment management in Italy and abroad and corporate finance of SAIFI Management S.p.A. and Euromobiliare S.p.A. (financial company of IFI Group). In 1977, he joined RAS S.p.A. as Chief Financial Officer. From 1991 to April 2000, he was Chief Executive Officer of the company. Since December 2001, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and, since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A.. He is currently Chairman of i-faber S.p.A. and Deputy Vice Chairman of UBM UniCredit Banca Mobiliare S.p.A.. Mr. Lentati satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

10 GIOACCHINO PAOLO MARIA LIGRESTI Born in Milan in He is Chairman of SRP Asset Management SA and Deputy Chairman of ATAHOTELS Compagnia Italiana Aziende Turistiche Alberghiere S.p.A., Banca Sai S.p.A., Milano Assicurazioni S.p.A., Premafin HP S.p.A.. He is Member of the Board of Directors of Fondiaria Sai S.p.A. and Progestim S.p.A.. Since 2003, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and since, December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A.. Mr. Ligresti satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

11 GIUSEPPE LUCCHINI Born in Brescia in He is Chairman of Lucchini S.p.A., Deputy Chairman of Hopa S.p.A., Managing Partner of Lupar di Lucchini Giuseppe e C. S.a.p.a., Sole Director of GILPAR S.p.A., and Chairman of Gilpar Holding S.A. He is Director of Banca Lombarda e Piemontese S.p.A. (and is also a member of the Consulting Committee for the firm s shareholders agreement), GIM Generale Industrie Metallurgiche S.p.A., Beretta Holding S.r.l., RCS MediaGroup S.p.A. He is Chairman and Member of the Control Committee of Ascometal S.A. He is Director of the Lucchini Foundation and of Automobile Club Brescia. He is a Member of the Executive Board and Board of Directors of Brescia Industrial Association. Since 2003, he has been a Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and, since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A..

12 PIER FRANCESCO SAVIOTTI Born in Alessandria in He joined Banca Commerciale Italiana in 1962, where he was gradually entrusted with increasing levels of responsibility: Branch Director, Central Manager, General Manager, and from March 1998 to June 1999 Chief Executive Officer. He currently is General Manager (Credit Department) of Banca Intesa. During his professional career, he has held offices in several companies (GFT S.p.A., Fonspa, Mediobanca S.p.A., Holding di Partecipazioni Industriali S.p.A., Telecom Italia S.p.A.) and organizations (ABI, Assonime and ASSIBA). He is Director of Linificio e Canapificio Nazionale S.p.A., Stefanel S.p.A. Tod s S.p.A., I.E.O. Istituto Europeo di Oncologia, F.C. Internazionale Milano S.p.A.. Since May 2004 he has been Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and, since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A..

13 PAOLO SAVONA Born in Cagliari in He began his career at the Research Service of the Bank of Italy, where he rose to the position of Director. He was then appointed General Manager of the Confindustria, Chairman of Credito Industriale Sardo S.p.A., General Secretary of Economic Planning at the Budget Ministry, General Manager and Chief Executive Officer of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro S.p.A.. Over the years, he has held the following positions: Chairman of the Technical and Scientific Council of Economic Planning, Chairman of the Investigative Committee on Nuclear Power in Italy. He has also been a member of the Committee on Privatization, the Committee for the Reform of Italian Information and Security Service, and the Committee of Experts of the Office of the Prime Minister in charge of public investments. In the fiftieth Government of the 11th Legislature, he was Minister of Industry, Commerce and Crafts for the functions connected with reorganizing government shareholdings. He holds the chair in Economic Policy at Università LUISS Guido Carli in Rome and is Chairman of the Scientific Committee of Nemetria. He is Executive Deputy Chairman of the Aspen Institute Italia, of the Institute of International Affairs, and is a Board member and economic advisor for the Guido Carli Association. He is Chairman of Impregilo S.p.A., Gemina S.p.A. and of the Venezia Nuova Consortium, Deputy Chairman of Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A. and Member of the Board of Directors of RCS MediaGroup S.p.A., of Tim S.p.A.(since 1999) and Tim Italia S.p.A. (since December 2004). Mr. Savona satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.

14 RODOLFO ZICH Born in Turin in In 1962, he embarkes on a career in academia at Turin Polytechnic Institute, where he is awarded a full professorship in 1976 (chair in Electromagnetic Fields). In the meantime, in the two-year period of he is appointed Adjunct Professor at the University of Illinois at Chicago Circle. In 1984 he is first Pro Chancellor (until 1987) and then the Chancellor of Turin Polytechnic Institute (until 2001). At present he is Chairman of the Istituto Superiore Mario Boella sulle Tecnologie dell Informazione e delle Telecomunicazioni; Chairman of the NET.T.UN.O. Consortium (Network Teledidattico per l Università Ovunque), promoted by MURST, Deputy Chairman of the Associazione Torino Internazionale, Chairman of the Fondazione Associazione Torino Wireless, a member of the Turin Accademia delle Scienze, Director of the COTEC Foundation, member of the Board and General Assembly of ESMU (European Centre for Strategic Management of Universities). Mr. Zich has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia Lab S.p.A. (company merged with Telecom Italia in March 2003). Since 2001 he has been Member of the Board of Directors of Tim S.p.A. and, since December 2004, of Tim Italia S.p.A.. Mr. Zich satisfies the conditions laid down in TIM s Self-Regulatory Code to qualify as independent.