Board of Directors

Ms. Valentini was born in Bologna on August 19, 1942 and graduated from the Liceo Scientifico Augusto Righi in Bologna in 1960. In 1985, she started the production and marketing of filtering systems, founding GVS di Valentini Grazia e C. - s.n.c., which evolved into the Group. Since 1985, she has served in different roles and managerial positions within the Group. Since 2013, she has served as the Chief Executive Officer of Grace di Grazia Valentini, a company operating in the fashion industry.

Mr. Scagliarini is the CEO of the Group, at the top of the entire organizational structure of GVS. With over 35 years of experience, he has led the division operating in the medical sector and turn it into the most successful division of the Group. Born in Bologna on August 3, 1965 and earned a degree in accounting from the I.C. Renato Fucini Institute in Rome.

He began his career as an operator for Diego Nardi S.n.c. of San Giovanni in Persiceto. In 1985, he joined GVS as an operator, quickly moved to a role in commercial sales in the medical sector, and then became a sales manager. Over the years, he has taken on increasing responsibilities for GVS’ activities, dealing with marketing and quality control.

Since 1995, Mr. Scagliarini has also managed human resources and trade union relations. In 2002, he also took over the general management of GVS do Brasil, and currently holds various positions and managerial roles in most of the companies. Since 2004, he has worked in GVS general management.  

Mr. Scagliarini was born in Rimini on August 25, 1964. After completing his studies, he joined GVS in 1987 and he dedicated himself to management. He has held various managerial positions within the Company, and he currently oversees our Energy & Mobility division. In addition, Mr. Scagliarini holds various roles within the companies that we control, including the role of Chief Executive Officer for GVS Real Estate S.r.l..

Mr. Saccone was born in Naples on December 31, 1967. He graduated with a degree in Economics and Commerce from the University Federico II of Naples in 1993. Subsequently, he obtained a Master’s degree in Business Administration from Profingest Bologna (which later became the Bologna Business School, part of the Alma Mater Studiorum of Bologna) in 1995. In 1996, he joined GVS as an assistant to the administrative manager. In 1998, he was appointed our Head of Planning and Control, which came with added responsibility for various organizational areas, including Administration, Finance, Control and Human Resources. Since 2002, he has been a member of the Board of Directors and currently holds managerial roles in various companies that we control. He current holds the position of Chief Financial Officer.

Mr. Viola was born in Mantua on September 17, 1974. He graduated with a degree in Business Economics from the University. He began his career in 1999 at Burgo Group, where he held roles of increasing responsibility in the area of management control. In 2008, he left Burgo Group to join GVS as a Controller. In 2012, he took on the role of Vice-President of the System & Process Division, with responsibility for our information systems and process optimization, as well as functions relating to management control. Since 2013, he has served as our Chief Operating Officer. In 2017, he was appointed member of the Board of Directors and Chief Executive Officer of the newly-acquired U.S. subsidiary GVS Filtration Inc.. Since January 2018, he has also been a member of the Board of Directors.

Ms. Buttignol was born in Portogruaro (VE), on January 25, 1977 and graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the Luigi Bocconi Commercial University in 2001. After serving in various capacities at Morgan Stanley and Citigroup, in 2003 she joined the Corporate Finance division of Lazard & Co. Milan office in 2003. Subsequently, from 2006 to 2007, she was an associate in the Corporate Finance & Origination team at the London office of Dresdner Kleinworth. In 2007, she joined the private equity fund Palladio Holding S.p.A., where she currently holds the position of manager.

Ms. Caporello was born in Ortona (CH), on September 20, 1972 and graduated with a degree in Economics and Business from the Catholic University of the Sacred Heart of Milan in 1996. After some serving as a financial analyst in General Electric and Gallo & C. (Mediobanca), she joined Advent International - Private Equity Funds in 1999 as a senior associate. After a brief period as Head of Business Development /M&A of the Group for the Humanitas Group, from 2006 to 2012, she served as Vice President in Investindustrial Advisor S.p.A. Subsequently, in 2012, she joined Banca Popolare di Milano as Executive Assistant to the Management Board, before moving in 2014 to the Lugano office of Investindustrial Advisor as Senior Vice President. From 2016 to 2018, she served as General Manager (Direttore Generale) of the City of Milan. Since 2018, she has been advising private equity funds in investing in small-mid cap companies active in the Italian market. She has held board positions at various Italian companies, including listed companies. She is registered with the Milan Register of Chartered Accountants (Ordine dei Dottori Commercialisti). 

Mr. Nasi was born in Turin on April 18, 1974 and graduated with a degree in Business Administration from the University of Turin in 2002. After various national and international experiences as financial analyst at Europlus Asset Management, Pricewaterhouse Coopers S.p.A., Merrill Lynch and J.P. Morgan, he joined the Fiat Group in 2005 as Corporate Business Development Manager. In 2008, he joined CNH Industrial S.p.A., a listed company of the Fiat Group, where he currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors. Also within the Fiat Group, he has held various executive and administrative positions in domestic and foreign group companies. As of November 2019, he was also appointed to the Advisory Board of Lego Brand Group. 

Ms. Schizzi was born in Viareggio (LU), on August 30, 1982 and graduated with a degree in Law from the University La Sapienza of Rome in 2006. In 2009, she also achieved an LLM in European Law at King’s College in London. In 2006, she joined the Rome office of the international law firm Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP as an associate. In 2012, she joined Snam S.p.A., where she is currently Senior Vice President Regulated Business Legal Affairs. Within the Snam Group, from 201 to 2020, she also served as a member of the board of directors and audit committee of some of the group’s foreign companies within the Group. In 2020 she moved to the holding company of the Allianz Insurance Group where she deals, within the legal department, with the group's M&A operations worldwide.