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Franco Bernab� aged 57 is an independent non-executive Director of the Company.
Mr.Bernab� is the Chairman of the Franco Bernab� Group and Vice Chairman of H3G. He is also a vice chairman of Rothschild Europe. He is a former CEO of ENI and of Telecom Italia. He has also served as a special representative of the Italian government for the reconstruction of the Balkan region. Mr.Bernab� joined ENI in 1983 to become an assistant to the chairman; in 1986 he became director for development planning and control; and between 1992 and 1998 was the Chief Executive Officer of ENI. Mr.Bernab� led the restructuring program of the ENI Group making it one of the world's most profitable oil companies. Between 1998 and 1999 Mr.Bernab� was the Chief Executive Officer of Telecom Italia. Prior to his joining ENI Mr.Bernab� was the head of economic studies at FIAT. He was also a senior economist at the OECD Department of Economics and Statistics in Paris. Earlier he was a professor of economic politics at the School of Industrial Administration Turin University. Mr. Bernab� has been appointed as an independent non-executive Director of the Company since June 30 2000. | 