Corporate Governance

Full Professor at the Department of Management at Ca’ Foscari, University of Venice, Chiara Mio is internationally known for her focus on sustainability and corporate social responsibility.
She contributes to several scientific journals and is a member of bodies that promote sustainability policies on a global scale.
She combines university research with practice, participating as member of the board of directors within listed companies (e.g. Banco BPM, OVS, Aquafil) and others. From 2014 to 2022 she has been Chairwoman of Crédit Agricole FriulAdria (Crédit Agricole Italia Bank Group), being the first Italian woman chairing a bank.
Since 2022, Member of EFRAG Sustainability Reporting TEG.
From 2021 to 2022 Vice-Chair SME and Sustainability, Accountancy Europe, Bruxelles.
Since 2020, Member of IFAC Board (International Federation of Accountants).
From 2015 to 2020, Chairwoman of ESG Reporting Task Force, Accountancy Europe, Bruxelles.
From 2006 to 2012, Council Member of the municipality of Pordenone.

Giulio Bonazzi has dedicated his career to evolving Aquafil S.p.A. into a leading player in the global carpet and textile materials industry. The company was founded by Bonazzi’s parents 50 years ago in Arco, Italy. An innovator and disruptor, he is transforming his family’s manufacturing business into a sustainable global enterprise.

To achieve this vision, Bonazzi challenged the organization to develop a recycled nylon material by turning nylon trash into high-quality, beautiful fibers. Where others see waste, Bonazzi saw an opportunity.

After several years of investment in R&D and a relentless pursuit of a new way to regenerate nylon, ECONYL® was born. Aquafil launched ECONYL® regenerated nylon in 2011 and today it is one of the most sought after materials in the world for fashion designers and carpet manufacturers.

Bonazzi was appointed CEO of Aquafil in 2001 and added the role of chairman in 2008. He started his career at Aquafil in 1987, starting on the ground floor at the Aquafil plant in Arco. Since then he has helped the company grow, developing 16 plants in eight countries across three continents. Today, Aquafil is recognized as a sustainability leader, a stalwart example of the circular economy and an innovator within the synthetic textile industry.

Fortune has highlighted Aquafil on its Change the World list of companies that are addressing social challenges through their core business activities and the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy has awarded the company with a Transatlantic Award for fostering positive transatlantic relations between Italy and the U.S. for its investment in a carpet recycling plant in Phoenix, AZ.

He is a sought-after speaker and has shared insights on creating a circular economy at leading conferences including Texworld USA, Fashionnovation, the One Ocean Forum, the Responsible Business Summit, the Ethical Corporation Summit and the Copenhagen Fashion Summit. He is recognized by Forbes Italia as a Top CEO for innovation, international competitiveness and creating a great work environment.

Graduated cum laude in Electronic Engineering from the University of Padua in 1990. After earning a Master’s degree in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi in 1994, with honours, he joined Radici Group in 1995, following the Group’s expansion projects in South America, China and Russia. After a significant experience of 8 years as General Manager of the Synthetic Fibres Business in South America and another 10 years as General Manager, first of the Flooring Business Unit and then of Chemicals, in early 2017 he joined Aquafil as President of BCF EMEA and from January 2021 he holds the position of President of BCF APAC, as well.

Mr. Franco Rossi graduated in Business Economics at Milan’s Bocconi University in 1982.
Before starting to work for Aquafil Group in 1998, he served as Managing Director in a chemical textile company and worked for eight years in Electrolux Group’s companies, mainly in France. In 1999 he moved to USA and he contributed to set up Aquafil USA of which he became Chairman (General Manager) in 2006.

Ms. Bonazzi graduated in Law at Milan’s Bocconi University in 2018.

She is admitted to the Milan Bar since 2021 and since 2018 has been working at law firm DLA Piper in the Corporate and M&A department. She currently advises Italian and foreign companies with respect to M&A transactions, both domestic and cross-border, group reorganizations, and day-by-day corporate matters. Before joining DLA Piper, she worked at the Milan offices of the law firms Linklaters LLP and Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP.

Bachelor’s degree in Economics Management and Finance at Università Commerciale Luigi Bocconi and master’s degree in Management at Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore. He worked as Audit for KPMG from 2019 to 2021; currently he has been working as an prosecutor and director at Aquafin Holding.

She is Associate Professor at the University of Eastern Piedmont and Lecturer in Master in Crisis and Corporate Recovery at the University of Bergamo. She is a Chartered Accountant and Auditor. Founder and senior partner of Studio Patrizia Riva, Dottori Commercialisti e Avvocati Associati.
She is chairman of the board of statutory auditors in the listed company Piquadro SpA, and statutory auditor in the public company ATAC SpA, in Mediobanca SGR, Agilepower Srl, Agile Lab Srl.
She has served as an independent director in the listed company Maire Tecnimont SpA, and as chairman of the board of statutory auditors in the listed company GVS Spa.
She is enrolled in the list of Experts for the negotiated settlement of corporate crises and in that of Judicial Custodians and Sales Delegates, in the register of those in charge of management and control functions in CCI procedures and in that of Technical Consultants. She acts as an expert for company valuation, financial advisor and certifier of recovery plans. She is among the conferees for Italy of CERIL – Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law.

A graduate in Economics from Bocconi University, Lorena Ponti has over twenty years’ experience in corporate finance, business reorganisation and corporate governance, working both as a consultant and as an executive director. She began her career at UniCredit and KPMG, before specialising in corporate finance transactions and restructuring processes. She has also gained experience as a partner in private equity funds. She sits on the boards of directors of private companies, regulated financial institutions and publicly owned entities in the utilities sector. She is registered on the Register of Experts in Negotiated Composition. She is actively involved in promoting best practices in governance, corporate sustainability and ESG policies, speaking at conferences and publishing articles for leading industry journals.

Entrepreneur in the field of digital and quantum technologies. He has gained extensive experience in the ICT industry. During his professional career he was responsible for strategic planning, marketing area and sales area. As CEO, he has devoted himself with emphasis to the issues of internationalization and development of new business models enabled by IoT and Edge Computing. He has significant capital market experience, gained during Eurotech’s growth path: from startup to publicly traded company. Today he is involved, both as an entrepreneur and investor, in several initiatives based on the following technologies: Augmented Reality, Digital Twins, Numerical Materials Simulation and Quantum Photonics.
From 2022 CEO of Rotonium Srl, a deep-tech startup in the field of quantum computers.
From 2020 President of the Tolmezzo Local Economic Development Consortium (Cosilt).
From 1992 to 2021 CEO of Eurotech Spa company operating in the Edge Computing sector.