Marco Bozzola

Position in illimity: Independent director on the BoD and Chair of the Audit and Internal Control Committee

Professional experiences

From 2011 to date

Adjunct professor for the company audit and control systems module given as part of the master’s course in Economics and Business Legislation at the University of Verona

From March 1985 to 31 May 2022

In EY

Since 1999

Partner in EY’s “Assurance Practice FSO – Financial Services”

From 2002 to 2022

Head of the North-eastern Area in EY S.p.A. for the financial services industry

From 2005 to 2013

Lead partner for the audit of the Banco Popolare Group (previously Banca Popolare di Verona e Novara)

From 2003 to 2006

Lead partner for the audit of Banca Generali

From 2016 to 2021

Lead partner for the audit of doValue S.p.A.

From 2014 to 2020

Lead partner for the audit of the Banca IFIS Group

From 2019 to 2021

Lead partner for the audit of the cooperative credit banks of North-eastern Italy belonging to the ICREA Group

From 2019 to 2020

Lead partner for the audit of the CAD IT Group

From 2007 to 2020

Lead partner for the audit of the Ecornaturasì Group

Lead partner for the audit of the Riello UPS Group

From 2005 to 2020

Lead partner for the audit of the Calzedonia Group

From 2000 to 2003

Lead partner for the audit of Ufficio Italiano Cambi (the Italian Foreign Exchange Office)

From 2016 to May 2022

Member of the Board of Auditors of Confindustria Nazionale

From 2016 to date

Co-editor of the Euroconference journal “Financial statements, supervision and control”

In 1992

Co-author of the book “Analysis of key risks in company audits” – Giappichelli

Other professional experiences

Accounting Change Projects (IFRS First-time Adoption, IFRS 9, IFRS 16)

Securitisation transactions, IPOs, due diligence reviews (bank portfolios and company acquisitions)

Company valuation fairness opinions (mergers, capital increases, bond issues)

Listing projects followed for Banco Popolare, Banca Generali, doValue (formerly doBank), Masi Agricola

Comprehensive Assessments and Asset Quality Reviews in 2014 (support to the Bank of Italy Team)

Author of several publications on IAS/IFRS

Speaker at numerous seminars on accounting and auditing topics

Education

Awarded a University Degree cum laude in Economics and Business by Verona University in February 1984

Registered in the Verona Roll of Dottori Commercialisti (Italian Chartered Accountants) and the Auditors’ Roll