Pirelli Broadband Solutions – Management

 

Francesco Tanzi, President, Pirelli Broadband Solutions S.p.A. and Finance Director of Pirelli & C. S.p.A.

Born in Milan in 1964.

After graduating in Business Economics at Milan's Luigi Bocconi University, he started his career in 1989 as Junior Professional in the Export Financing Unit of Pirelli SpA – Corporate Headquarter – Milan.

In 1992 he moved to Pirelli Financial Planning Dept. and in 1995 he started his experience abroad, joining Pirelli International Treasury in Basel (CH) with the responsibility of the Asset & Liabilities Management.

In 1997 he returned to Pirelli Headquarter in Milan, where he became responsible of the Financial Planning dept. and in March 2000 he was appointed Deputy Group Treasurer, covering such position in the corporate seats of Milan, Basle and also in the International Treasury Dept. of the Pirelli Group, which in that same year moved to London.

In November 2001, further to the acquisition by Pirelli S.p.A. of the reference shareholding in Olivetti (then merged with Telecom Italia S.p.A.), he moved to Rome as Finance Director of Telecom Italia S.p.A., returning to Milan in 2003.

In the Telecom Group, from August 2008, he was also responsible for the Merger and Acquisition dept.
Furthermore he was also Chairman of Board of Directors of Telecom Italia Finance S.A. (Luxembourg) and SAIAT S.p.A. and member of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia Capital (Luxembourg) and of Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A..

Currently he is the Finance Director of Pirelli & C. S.p.A. and he is also been appointed by the Board of Directors as Officer responsible for the preparation of the company's financial reports.