Alberto Recordati earned a degree in biochemistry from King's College of the University of London in 1977. In 1984 he earned a Ph.D. in biochemistry at the Charing Cross Hospital Medical School of the same university.

He joined Recordati in 1984 as researcher in the biochemistry and immunology lab. In 1987 he was in charge of the planning and product development unit. From 1990 to 1992 he worked at Pharmetrix Corp., a United States subsidiary, as research coordinator. In 1992 he was appointed industrial manager for biochemicals, in charge of biochemical/microbiological research and the biochemical/fermentation production. In 1995 he became general manager of the chemicals research and technologies division, and in 1999 President of the pharmaceutical chemicals division. In 2004 he was appointed Vice Chairman of the Board.

Silvano Corbella was born in Novara, April 18th 1965. After he received the degree in Business Administration at Bocconi University in Milan, he began the academic career, teaching at Bocconi University, SDA Bocconi, Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo in Castellanza and Cattolica University in Cremona. In 1994 he joined the University of Verona as Assistant Professor. At the same time, and until 2008, he taught at SDA Bocconi, where for nearly a decade he was also tenured of the Financial Accounting course at the Master in Business Administration. At the beginning of 2011, after various career steps, he became Full Professor at the University of Verona, where he has been teaching Accounting and carrying out his research activity for 15 years.

He is Chartered Accountant and Auditor and holds various assignments: he is Chairman and/or Supervisory Body member of both listed and unlisted companies and of an American Merchant Bank branch. Moreover, he is member of several Boards of Statutory Auditors. In relation to his professional activity, he provided capital evaluations for different purposes, also with regard to listed companies, and financial – economic opinions; he has been an accounting expert of Arbitral Board and of civil and penal proceedings.

He is author of several articles and four monographs on topics related to internal audit system, financial statement and stock options. With regard to these topics, he is a regular speaker at conferences and workshops.

Prof. Silvano Corbella is member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the following companies:

1. Leonardo & Co S.p.A.
2. Euraleo S.r.l.
3. Growermetal S.r.l.
4. Procos S.p.A.
5. IUAV Studi & Progetti – ISP S.r.l.
6. Ivri Direzione S.p.A.
7. I.V.R.I. Istituti di Vigilanza Riuniti S.p.A. (Milan)

Prof. Silvano Corbella is, also, member of the Board of Directors of EVS Embedded Vision Systems S.r.l.

Mario Garraffo graduated in 1960 with a degree in Economics and Commerce from the Università Bocconi di Milano.
Between 1960 and 1970, he was Controller and Development Director of La Centrale Finanziaria Generale, a holding company principally involved in the area of public services (communications and energy). From 1970 to 1980, he was Investment Director at the IFI group; from 1980 to 1985 he was Chief Executive Officer of IFIL - Finanziaria di Partecipazioni and from 1985 to 1993 Chairman of IFINT (now EXOR).
In 1993, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of Lazard Italia until the acquisition of Vitale, Borghesi & Co. in 1998. Again in 1998, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer of UNIM, a post which he held until 2000 and as Chairman of General Electric Italia from 2000 to 2004. He was a Senior Advisor for General Electric Europe from 2004 until 2007.
He is an independent director, member of the Internal Audit Committee and of the Remuneration Committee of the Recordati S.p.A.. He has been a Trustee of the Johns Hopkins University of Baltimore and a Trustee of the Johns Hopkins School for Advanced International Studies (SAIS) in Bologna.
From 1995 to 2006 he was President of the Università Bocconi Alumni Association and member of the Board of Directors of the Donna Javotte Bocconi Foundation (founding entity of the Università Bocconi).

Dr. Garraffo holds the following additional positions:

- Chairman IVG SGR SPA
- Chairman METIS SpA
- Director GE INTERBANCA SPA

Mario Germano Giuliani was born in London on February 26th 1972 and he holds a degree in Economy and Commerce from the Catholic University of Sacred Heart in Milan, Italy.
He starts his career in the pharmaceutical industry in 1996 in Giuliani SpA where he works in marketing, sales, finance and control.
In 1998 and 1999, Mr. Giuliani was an investment professional with Vector Fund Management, a private equity firm focused on healthcare and life sciences with approximately $250 million under management.
After his experience in the US, Mr. Giuliani re-joins Giuliani SpA as chief financial officer until 2001. In 2001 he becomes chief executive officer and in 2003 president.

Umberto Mortari was born in Milan on October 27th, 1946. He got a degree in Law at the “La Sapienza” University of Rome. He attended different Business and Management  Programs at INSEAD and at the Business Schools of Harvard University and Michigan University.

In June 2001 he was awarded by the University of Chieti “G.D’Annunzio” an HC degree in Medicine  and in September 2005, by the University of Pavia, an HC degree in Pharmacy.

He joined Merck Sharp & Dohme (Italia) S.p.A. in 1972, where he held various positions in the areas of  Marketing, Sales and Business Planning Research.

In 1981 he was appointed Marketing Director, in 1986 Director of Pharmaceutical Division, in 1987 member of the Board of Directors and Managing Director in 1991.

Since January 1992 to December 2007 he became President, Manging Director and Vice President of Merck Europe. He has held the following positions in other companies of Merck Italia Group: President and Managing Director of  Neopharmed  in Milan; President and Managing Director of the Istituto Gentili in Pisa; member of the Board of Directors of the Istituto di Ricerche Biomolecolari-Pietro Angeletti in Pomezia and President of the MSD Foundation.

Member of FARMINDUSTRIA Board, where he was Vice President for eight years.

He was also President of the Center of Clinical Phisiology and Hypertension of the University of Milan; Vice President of the Forum for Biomedical Research of CENSIS and  member of  the Board of the Italian Society of Pharmaceuticals Sciences.

Currently he is member of Visufarma S.p.A. Board of Directors.

Fritz Squindo was born in Gressoney St. Jean (Aosta, Italy) on May 19^th, 1956 and he graduated “cum laude” in Economics at the Bocconi University in Milan, Italy.

He started his career in 1981 in Telettra S.p.A., a telecommunications company within the Fiat Group, where he was employed in the finance department.

In 1986 he joined Sanofi S.p.A.,the Italian subsidiary of the French pharmaceutical group Sanofi, where he was first Head of Finance and, as from 1990, Head of Management Accounting.

In 1992 he joined Recordati S.p.A. as Head of the Management Accounting Department. In 1995 he became Chief Financial Officer and in 2008 General Manager for the Coordination of Group Operations as well.

Dott. Squindo is part of the managing bodies of several Recordati Group companies.

Carlo Pedersoli was admitted to the Milan bar in 1980.

A partner in the Pedersoli e Associati law firm, he is a civil lawyer who deals predominantly in company and commercial law for national and international clients operating both in the financial/banking sector and in the industrial sector. He has spoken at conferences on company and commercial law, analysing the topic of financial statements, validity of shareholders' resolutions and responsibility of auditors.

As well as forming part of the Board of Directors and of the Internal Audit Committee of Recordati S.p.A., he is also a member of the Board of Directors of Welfare Italia Servizi S.r.l.

He has also been a Director of the companies Riello S.p.A., Sigla Engineering S.p.A., Nextam Partners SGR S.p.A. and Chairman of the company Sistemi Tecnologici Holding S.p.A., the holding company of Sistemi Tecnologici S.p.A. which is in turn the holding company of Sirti S.p.A.

Andrea Recordati gained a Bachelor of Arts in medieval and modern history from the University of London Royal Holloway and Bedford New College. Between September 1995 and March 1998, he took part in the United Kingdom SmithKline Beecham Management Access Program, starting off as Assistant Product Manager in Consumer Healthcare and then, for one year, occupying the role of medical representative in Essex before becoming Project Manager responsible for the development and implementation of an innovative SmithKline Beecham marketing initiative.

He joined Recordati in 1998 as Project Leader for a project aimed at improving Sales Force productivity and better use of marketing investments. In April 1998, he joined the Board of Directors of the Company.

In 1999, he was given responsibility for Pharmaceutical Business Development.

In March 2002, the Lercanidipine Business Unit was set up and he was appointed head of that unit. Since November 2002, he has been responsible for setting up the subsidiary Recordati Ireland and its industrial plant and, subsequently, for setting up the UK subsidiary. In September 2006, he was appointed Managing Director with sole right of representation of the German subsidiary Merckle Recordati GmbH. In August 2007, the Northern and Central Europe Branches Division was set up and he was appointed head of that division. That division was enlarged in 2010 to include western European companies. In February 2011 he was appointed General Manager of the International Pharmaceuticals Division.

Marco Vitale business economist. He has teached for several years business economy at Pavia University; Bocconi University, Milan; Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo (for which he was  vice-president, President of the Scientific Committee, and responsible for management area and which he contributed to create). He has been chairman of Istud (Foundation for the business culture and management), which he also contributed to relaunch,  and has been co-ordinator for management area of ISTAO, post-degree management school  founded by  the economist Prof. Giorgio Fuà.

Former partner of Arthur Andersen &  Co., he is founding partner and president of Vitale–Novello & Co. S.r.l., top management consulting firm. In this context he is consultant and member of the board of directors for many important companies.

He is President from March 2010 of Fondo Italiano di Investimenti SGR SpA, constituted by the Treasure Ministry, Confindustria, ABI, Banca Intesa, Unicredit, Monte Paschi, Crediop and some popular banks,  with a capital of 1.2 billion Euro, with the aim of sustaining development projects and   internationalization  of little medium companies.

He has been president from 1984 till 2003 of A.I.F.I. (Italian Venture Capital and Private Equity Association) and promoter and first president of Arca Group, the mutual fund company of popular banks. He has been  Vice-president, member of the board and of the Executive Committee of Banca Popolare of Milan from 2001 till 2009  and was Chairman of Bipiemme Gestioni S.G.R., the Asset Management Company of the BPM Group.

President of the Rino Snaidero Scientific Foundation; President of the Scientific Committee of AIdAF (the Italian Family Business Association); member of the Board of Olivetti Foundation; member of the Board of FAI Foundation.

He has been appointed to several  important public tasks.

He contributes to important leading newspapers and business magazines.

He published several books including:

Società, bilanci e borse valori in un mercato mobiliare evoluto (Etas-Kompass); La riforma delle società per azioni (Giuffré); La lunga marcia verso il capitalismo democratico (Ed. Il Sole-24 Ore); Liberare l’economia: le privatizzazioni come terapia alla crisi italiana (Ed. Marsilio); Le Encicliche sociali, il rapporto fra la Chiesa e l’economia (Ed. Il Sole-24 ore); Sviluppo e Spirito d’Impresa (Ed. Il Veltro); America. Punto e a capo (Scheiwiller); Il Mito Alfa (Egea editore, Bocconi); Lezioni di Impresa, da tempi e luoghi diversi – I proverbi di Calatafimi (Piccola Biblioteca Inaz, 2008); Gli angeli nella città (ESD Edizioni); Passaggio al Futuro, Oltre la Crisi attraverso la Crisi (Ed. Egea, Bocconi); Corruzione (ESD Bologna 2010); Responsabilità nell’impresa (Piccola Biblioteca d’Impresa Inaz, 2010).

He was editor in Italy and USA of the bilingual version  of the essay  of Carlo Cattaneo: “Intelligence as a principle of public economy”.

Good mountain - climber, he has covered great part of Italy by bicycle, a good way to observe the Italian economy as it really is and not as people say to be.

Prof. Vitale holds the following additional positions:
- Director  ETICA SGR SpA.
- Director SAME DEUTZ FAHR SpA.
- Chairman SAME DEUTZ FAHR ITALIA SpA.
- Director ERMENEGILDO ZEGNA HOLDITALIA SpA.
- Chairman of the Board of Directors of VINCENZO ZUCCHI  SpA.
- Director Snaidero SpA.
- Director LUVE.
- Director SMEG.
- Director Banca Passadore.
- Chairman of the Fondo Italiano d’Investimento