SPARTAN HIVE - Key Persons
Job Titles:
- Non Executive Director - Independent
- Senior Non Executive Director - Independent
Job Titles:
- Manager
- Managing Director
- Egypt Managing Director
Alberto graduated in Engineering and Management from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, holds an MBA from SDA Bocconi in Milan and holds post graduate studies from Harvard Business School in Boston (Massachusetts, USA).
Alberto is a manager with extensive international experience in the industrial sector gained in countries such as Angola, Pakistan, India, Iran and Brazil.
During his career he has held roles of Managing Director and General Manager for companies such as Ferrari spa, Cremonini Group and Boston Consulting Group, mainly dealing with business development and corporate restructuring.
Alberto joined Cementir in November 2019 and from 1 January 2020 he holds the position of Managing Director of the Egyptian subsidiary Sinai White Cement.
Job Titles:
- Vice Chairman - Non Executive Director
Biography
Born in Rome on 27 December 1969, he graduated in Economics and Business at La Sapienza University of Rome and he has held prestigious positions in several companies. In details, he has held the following positions:
Job Titles:
- Manager
- North America Head of Region
Alessandro Civera is a manager with more than 20 years of experience in international groups in different industrial sectors, cement, chemicals and chemical fibers.
He has a consistent experience abroad and in the management of international teams.
Job Titles:
- Non Executive Director - Independent
Biography
Born in Rome on 20 July 1964, she graduated with honors in law from the University of Rome La Sapienza and in 1991 she passed the bar exams at the Court of Appeal of Rome. She is currently Equity Partner of Grimaldi Alliance. Over the years of professional activity, she gained consolidated experience in particular in the field of corporate, financial, regulatory and corporate governance issues. She started her career in I.M.I. - Istituto Mobiliare Italiano S.p.A., Rome where she followed, since the beginning, the privatization process and she dealt also with Japanese markets.
From 2015 until 2022 she held the position of independent director of Banca Generali S.p.A, as well as Chairman of the Credit Committee and member of the Control and Risks and Appointment Governance and Sustainability Committee.
Current Positions
Independent Director and Chairman of the Remuneration Committee of Ream SGR p.a..
Non-Executive Director of innovative-RFK S.p.A.
Job Titles:
- Vice Chairwoman - Non Executive Director
Biography
Born in Rome on 10 march 1973, after obtaining a diploma in Art History in London, she began her career in 1996 within the Caltagirone Group. In 2000, she became Vice Chairwoman of Caltagirone Editore S.p.A., a position she still holds, and she is part of Boards of Directors of several companies in the Caltagirone Group.
Current Positions
Non Executive Director and Vice Chairwoman of Cementir Holding N.V.
Vice Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Caltagirone S.p.A.
Non Executive Director of Aalborg Portland Holding A/S
CEO of Il Messaggero S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Caltagirone Editore S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Il Gazzettino S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Quotidiano di Puglia S.r.l.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Corriere Adriatico S.r.l.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Piemme S.p.A.
Non Executive Director of Il Mattino S.p.A.
CEO of Leggo S.r.l.
Sole Executive Director of CED Digital e Servizi S.r.l.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Servizi Italia 15 S.r.l.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Stampa Napoli 2015 S.r.l.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Stampa Roma 2015 S.r.l.
Non Executive Director of Immobiliare Caltagirone S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of FGC S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Finanziaria Italia S.p.A.
Sole Executive Director of Unione Generale Immobiliare S.r.l.
Non Executive Director of FINCAL S.p.A.
Chairwoman of the Board of Directors of Stampa Venezia S.r.l.
Non Executive Director of Banca Generali S.p.A.
Sole Director of Euclide 2000 S.r.l.
Sole Director of Leone 2009 S.r.l.
Member of the Board of Directors of Sotheby's International Council
Non Executive Director of St. George's British International school
Job Titles:
- Chairman of the Committee - Non Executive Director - Independent
- Non Executive Director - Independent
Biography
She graduated cum laude in Economics and Commerce from the LUISS - Guido Carli University in Rome and in Law from the "La Sapienza" University in Rome. She then attained the titles of Lawyer, Chartered Accountant and Auditor.
She has acquired considerable experience in the corporate law, banking and financial market sectors.
She has accrued significant experience in managing, also out-of-court, company crises, in project financing, securitisation of bank credits and the responsibility of intermediaries when providing investment services, also during penalty procedures adopted by the Supervisory Authority.
She has a specific knowledge and experience: in the preparation and auditing of annual accounts - gained through the appointment, in the last decade, to several management and control bodies of industrial companies, banks and financial legal industries, also listed; in ESG topics - gained through the appointment to several management and control bodies of industrial companies, banks and financial legal industries, also listed and - moreover - the constant participation to ESG Committees of the same companies. ESG topics have also been deepened within the universitary activity.
She assisted the Ministry of Economy and Finance with the privatisation of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro, Mediocredito Centrale - Banco di Sicilia, Credito Industriale Sardo, Cassa Depositi e Prestiti.
She has held important national and international positions as a member of the Board of Directors, even in listed companies (Yapi Kredi Bankasi; Koc Financial Service; Yapi Kredi Sigorta), member of Supervisory Board (UniCredit Bank Czech Republic and Slovakia, a.s., Ukrsotsbank PJSC), of Chairperson or member of the Board of Statutory Auditors (Poste Italiane S.p.A., Equitalia S.p.A., CDP Reti S.p.A., Buddy Bank S.p.A., Guala Closures S.p.A., Italo S.p.A., Isola dei Tesori S.r.l., DMO Pet Care S.r.l.; LVenture Group S.p.A., Sviluppo HQ Tiburtina S.r.l.) and as a member of the Supervisory Body (CDP Reti S.p.A., LVenture Group S.p.A., Promo.ter Roma).
Current Positions
She currently chairs the Board of Directors of Italgas S.p.A. and is a member of the Board of Directors of Roma S.p.A., standing member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Unicredit S.p.A., Atlantia S.p.A., Aeroporti di Roma S.p.A., member of the Board of Auditors of Fondazione Telethon, and is Chair of the Audit Committee of Unicredit BulBank and of the Supervisory Body of Equitalia Giustizia S.p.A. and ConfCommercio enterprises for Italy province of Roma Capitale.
Responsibilities of the Board of Directors
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Aalborg Portland Holding a / S, Aalborg Portland a / S, Unicon a / S
Bjarne Moltke Hansen holds a BSc in civil engineering and cement and concrete technology from the Danish Academy of Engineering in 1984. INSEAD, Young Managers Program in 1991.
During his career he has worked as President for the ready-mix concrete business in Unicon A/S, President and CEO for Cembrit Holding A/S, President and CEO for Aalborg Portland Holding A/S and Group Executive Vice President for FLSmidth & Co. A/S.
Since 2017 he is working as a professional Chairman, Vice-chairman or Board member in several industrial companies.
Job Titles:
- Managing Director
- Türkiye Managing Director
Graduated in Metallurgical and Materials Engineering from İstanbul Technical University, Cenker Mirzaoğlu has a deep knowledge of Turkish business and economy, with more than 20 years of professional experience, gained in cement, RMC and construction industries, initially with Sabancı Group, Betonsa, Akçansa and Çimsa companies. He joined Çimentaş Group in 2011, taking the lead of Çimbeton in RMC company of Çimentaş Group and then taking whole sales and marketing responsibility in Cimentaş Group.
In 2015, he became General Manager of Çimko Cement&RMC Company and after 2 years he was appointed as CEO and Board Member. He was responsible for the transformation of the company.
Currently he is the CEO and Board Member of Cimentas Group in Turkey.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Group General Counsel
- Head of Legal, Corporate
Graduated in Law from the University of Turin and with a master in international law, Claudio Criscuolo is a head of legal, corporate and compliance with an extensive knowledge and understanding of the industrial sector, gained in over 20 years of experience, first in an international law firm, then in Klegal (legal branch of KPMG) and in Fiat Group and finally in Cementir Holding, where he has held the position of Group General Counsel since 2013.
Within Fiat Group he held positions of increasing responsibility, for ten years, up to Deputy General Counsel, contributing to the dissolution of the alliance with General Motors, the establishment of a network of industrial partnership agreements at worldwide level and the merger with Chrysler Group.
In Cementir Holding he has played a key role in the internationalization process of the Group, closing important M&A cross-border deals, including the acquisition of LWCC in the USA and the sale of Italian operations in 2018 and completing the transfer of the registered office to the Netherlands in 2019.
Over the years he has received numerous awards, among which repeatedly the one for the best legal directorship.
He is recognized by Legal500 among the best in-house counsels at international level. He is Cementir Holding N.V. secretary of the Board of directors.
Job Titles:
- Belgium Managing Director
Graduated in finance and economics from University Mons in Belgium, Eddy Fostier started his career with Peat Marwick Mitchell & co (KPMG) where he became chartered accountant.
He was specialized in industry and responsible for the training of the young graduates. In this context, for 5 years, he became also professor of audit at University of Mons.
After 13 years, and occupying the function of Senior manager, he left KPMG to join CCB as CFO. In 2001, he took over the general management of CCB's ready mix division (CCB Beton) in order to put in place a new dynamic to better face the local challenges.
For 6 years, he has been the chairman of the Belgian ready-mix association, Fedbeton.
In 2016, he has been appointed Managing Director of CCB Belgium and France.
He is also currently Chairman of the Belgian cement association, Febelcem and board member of the European association, Cembureau.
Born in 1962, Enrico Friz has a wide working experience in the utilities/services market, having operated in multinational and medium-sized enterprises, in both public and private markets, in Italy and abroad, run complex operations in various market environments and leaded significant development projects.
Biography
Born in Turin on 20 October 1973, he brilliantly graduated in Political Science and in 1997 he started to work at the Ministry of Defense, the Minister's Diplomatic Advisory Office, Beniamino Andreatta, dealing with the preparation of international dossiers and at the Military Center for Strategic Studies.
From 1998 to 2001 he worked for Olivetti / Mannesmann at the Infostrada company in the communication sectors where after he became the Public Affairs manager.
In 2001 he joined the Ministry of Economy and Finance as Chief Technical Secretary of the Ministry, Giulio Tremonti, taking part in the same period of the Committee for the introduction of the Euro.
In 2003 he joined Enel as head of Institutional Affairs. Since February 2005 he has been Director of External Relations, Institutional Affairs and Development of the Caltagirone Group, for which he is responsible, among other things, for the regulatory part of the Group company as well as following the various industrial and financial investments.
Current Positions
Non Executive Director of Cementir Holding N.V.
Non Executive Director of Terna S.p.A.
Non Executive Director of Europe Assistance Holding
Non Executive Director of Il Gazzettino S.p.A.
Job Titles:
- Asia Pacific Head of Region
Graduated in Economics at the Genoa University, Fabrizio Carraro has more than 30 years of experience in the industrial sector, covering managerial roles in production companies, but with also some significant experience in consultancy.
In 1997 he joined Cementir Group contributing to the significant growth of the company and covering several key roles, such as Commercial Director and then Chief Operating Officer in Cementir Italia, and being Chief ComEx Officer and then Chief Sales & Marketing officer in Cementir Holding.
Prior to Cementir, Fabrizio had held important management positions in several large public and private Italian companies, such as ILVA, TDI, ILP, Bravosolution and IBL.
In 2017 he was appointed Managing Director of Aalborg Portland Malaysia, and since 2018 he is serving as CEO of Cementir Asia Pacific Region, which includes the Group companies operating in Malaysia, China and Australia.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief
- Human Resources Officer
Graduated in Management Engineering at the University of Rome Tor Vergata, he has over 15 years of experience in the world of HR, change management, management of complex projects and continuous improvement.
Filippo joined the Cementir Group in 2019 with the role of Group Organization and Change Manager, and then in 2020 became Group Program Manager of the Cementir 4.0 digitalization program and strategic projects of the Industrial Plan. He assumed the role of Group Chief Human Resources Officer in 2021.
His professional career began in EY with responsibilities related to corporate transformation and digitalization projects for major national and international groups in the logistics, transport, utilities and services sectors.
Job Titles:
- Chairman
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive Director
- Group Chief Executive Officer
- Member of the Group Management Team
- CEO of Cementir Holding N.V
Born in Rome on 29 October 1968, he began his entrepreneurial career in the family business at the age of 21. After 6 years of experience in the construction sector, he joined Cementir in 1995 and has been appointed Group Chairman in 1996. His entrepreneurial vision has led the internationalization of Cementir through targeted and profitable acquisitions and investments, by transforming it from an Italian domestic company to a multinational Group with operations in 18 countries and 5 continents, a diversified business portfolio and a multicultural workforce.
Francesco Caltagirone is CEO of Cementir Holding N.V, Chairman of the Board of Cementir Holding N.V., CEO of Aalborg Portland Holding A/S, Director of Caltagirone S.p.A., Vice Chairman of Caltagirone Editore S.p.A. and Member of the General Council of Assonime.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Internal Audit Officer
- Member of Sustainability Committee and Ethics Committee
Franco is leading the Group Internal Audit since February 2015. As Chief Internal Audit Officer, he manages and coordinates globally the operational audits, the compliance activities and the special projects requested by the Board and the Audit Committee.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Information Technology Officer
Giacomo Cornetti joined Cementir in 2007 and has been holding various positions with growing responsibilities in the IT Department, both in Corporate Headquarter and Regional subsidiaries. He is now serving as Group Chief IT Officer since 2017.
Giacomo has completed the transition of Group IT into a Global function, developing a solid and harmonized IT infrastructure and leveraging on the key pillars of change management and digital innovation whilst exploiting the internal IT Business Process competencies to boost business value, in particular during the extensive integration and transformation phases the Group has undergone recently.
His professional career starts with experiences in logistics and marketing departments in multinational companies in the automotive and energy sector. He then joins a major multinational IT consulting company for 7 years where he managed multiple SAP and Change Management programs for large national and international customers.
Job Titles:
- Head of Investor Relations
- Chairman of Lehigh White Cement Co, Aalborg Portland Malaysia, Aalborg Portland ( Anqing )
- Group Chief M & a, Integration and Corporate Development and Investor Relations Officer
MBA at the New York University Stern School of Business, class 1996, Finance major. Graduated with honors in Economics and Commerce at LUISS University in Rome in 1988, Chartered Accountant since 1989 and Certified Public Accountant until 2016.
In 2003 he joined Caltagirone SpA as Finance Director and then moved to Cementir in 2008 as Chief Planning, Budget and Control. Since 2012 he is Head of M&A and IR. Chairman of the BoD of China, Malaysia and the US subsidiaries and member of the BoD of various operating companies.
Previous work experiences include 8 years at Fidelity Investments UK as Analyst and Portfolio Manager, Merrill Lynch and CSFB in New York. He has served as a non-executive director of ACEA, Banca Antonveneta, Montepaschi Leasing & Factoring, Fabrica Immobiliare SGR.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Sales, Marketing & Commercial Development Officer
Graduated in Business Administration at Bocconi University, Milan, with a term at McGill University - Montreal, he has 20 years of international experience in strategy, sales, marketing and business development.
He started in private equity, then moved to management consulting. He joins the HVAC industry, first in Corporate Strategic Planning in Ariston Thermo Group, staff to the CEO, then in Ferroli Group in Export Sales, with a responsibility over Sales & Marketing covering Scandinavia, Eastern Europe, CIS and the US.
Job Titles:
- Executive
- Group Chief Technical Coordination Officer
Paolo Graziani is an executive with over twenty years of professional experience acquired in the cement, concrete and aggregates sectors as well as in the construction sector.
During this period, he took up managerial roles with increasing responsibility in the industrial management of complex organizations, by also covering the role of COO for the Cementir Italia Group and of CEO of Betontir, a company of the Cementir Group.
In recent years, Paolo has managed several responsibilities both in Italy and abroad always related to the cement sector such as the Italcementi Group (Heidelberg Group).
Since April 2020 he has been appointed Group Chief Technical Coordination Officer of Cementir Holding Group.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Operating Officer
Graduated in Electronic Engineering from the II University of Rome, Paolo Zugaro has acquired a deep experience leading international groups and complex organizations. Paolo joined Cementir Group in 1997 as Chief Information Officer and then became Managing Director of Caltanet Spa, an internet company quoted as part of Caltagirone Editore group. In 2005 he took over the position of Chief Information Officer of Cementir Holding.
In 2008 he became Vice Chairman of Aalborg Portland and in 2010 Chief Executive Officer of Aalborg Portland and Unicon.
Later he was appointed Vice President of Sinai White Portland Cement in Egypt and in 2016 Chief Executive Officer of Çimentaş, in Türkiye.
Since 2017 he has held the position of Chief Operating Officer of Cementir Group.
Job Titles:
- Chief Executive Officer
- Executive
- Group Chief Procurement and Logistic Officer
Pasquale Vetrano is an executive with many years of experience in multinational companies having worked in the ABB Group for almost 25 years. During the period, he held different and different managerial positions from Operations to Supply Chain in Italy and then in Switzerland with headquarters in Zurich as Division Supply Chain Manager, Group Vice President. He spent a significant part of his working period abroad in countries such as China, India, the Middle East, North-Central Europe and North Africa.
In 2011 Pasquale joined Cementir Holding with the role of Group Chief Strategic Sourcing and in 2017 he became Group Chief Global Procurement Officer.
Since April 2017 he has been Executive Board Member of Spartan Hive, the trading company of the Cementir Group.
From June 2018 he joined the Board of Çimentaş and Recydia (Turkey) and CCB (Belgium) as Designated Board Member of Cementir Holding.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Compagnie Des Ciments Belges SA and Compagnie Des Ciments France SA
Philippe graduated in Electrical Engineer at the University of Mons, Belgium in 1981. He worked 5 years in the sector of large electric networks and electricity production and then 5 years in the steel industry.
At the age of 33 he joined the Executive Committee of CBR Cement.
He has successively served as a Manager of four factories of cement production including a white cement plant, as a Benelux strategy Manager and as a Manager of purchases and investments in the Benelux.
He was Board member of the quarry of Antoing for 10 years, and he chaired it for 3 years.
He was Board member and Chairman of various boards in public and private companies: Port River Authority, Recybel (electrical fly ash producer and cement companies of Belgium) and Recyfuel (waste fuel producer for CBR cement plants in Belgium).
He was Managing Director of the Lemay Quarries in Tournai for 3 years and President and CEO of its commercial aggregates company in the North of France.
For eight years he worked as an adviser through his consulting companies in France and Belgium.
Job Titles:
- Group Chief Financial Officer
Graduated in Business Administration and Accounting from the University of Genoa, Roberto started his career in 1997 at IBM as Accounting Manager for Southern Europe, covering roles of increasing responsibility over the years, until he has been appointed CFO in companies in both the Oil sector and in the renewables and electricity production such as TotalERG and Italiana Petroli (API Group).
In more than twenty years of experience in the energy sector, Roberto has contributed to strategic acquisitions that have led to changes in the core business of the companies he belongs to, he has led operations for the sale of shareholdings, redefining financial structures, setting up multi-year business plans and managing company restructurings.
Roberto joins the Group in 2023 as Group Chief Financial Officer thanks to his in-depth experience on Finance issues in international and complex environments.
Biography
Born in Rome on 3 March 1971, he graduated in Political Sciences and in 1994 he started working in the family business in the construction sector. From 2000 to 2013 he followed the import/export management for products and raw materials for Cementir Italia. From 2014, always in the family business, he coordinates the technical/administrative sector of the private real estate sector.
Current Positions
Non Executive Director of Cementir Holding N.V.
Member of the Board of Directors of Caltagirone S.p.A.
Member of the Board of Directors of Vianini Lavori S.p.A.
Job Titles:
- Financial Controller
- Vice Chairman
- Expert
Job Titles:
- Member of the Local Management Team
- Chairman of Unicon AS
- Head of Region
- Managing Director of the Danish RMC
- Nordic & Baltic Head of Region
Søren Holm Christensen holds a Master of Economics & Business Administration from Aalborg University, Denmark.
He joined the Cementir Group, Aalborg Portland in May 2006 as a Trainee with focus on Business Controlling, Planning and Management Support. In 2008 he held the position as Procurement Manager in Aalborg Portland.
In 2009 he was appointed Finance Director in the Nordic & Baltic Region with the focus to establish and optimize a new financial shared service center in the region.
In 2013 he is appointed responsible for strategic planning and business controlling for the region supporting the CEO.
In 2015 Søren Holm Christensen was appointed Managing Director of the Danish RMC business (Unicon Denmark) and held this position until May 2018 where he was appointed Head of the Nordic & Baltic Region.
Job Titles:
- Chairman of Cimentas AS, Cimbeton AS, Recydia AS and Sureko AS
After graduating with BS and MS degrees in Civil Engineering Taha Aksoy started his professional life in 1969 as research and teaching assistant at METU in Ankara and continued his career at three different universities as construction management course instructor.
Taha Aksoy has led two major international sport organizations in Turkey, namely UNIVERSIADE 2005 in İzmir and Mediterranean Games 2013 in Mersin. In 2007 he was elected as a member to the Turkish Parliament and served for four years.
Taha Aksoy served at top management positions in construction and manufacturing companies for around 25 years. In 2012, he was elected for the Board of Çimentaş as an independent member, since 2018 serves as the Chairman of the Board.