Gabriele Galateri di Genola (born 1947) is the

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Chairman. He is the former the Chairman of the Board of

Telecom Italia Gruppo TIM, legally TIM S.p.A. (formerly Telecom Italia S.p.A.), also known as the TIM Group in English, is an Italian telecommunications company with headquarters in Rome, Milan, and Naples, (with the Telecom Italia Tower) which provides fixe ...

, CEO of

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and former Chairman of

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Early life

Di Genola was born in Rome in 1947. He graduated with a law degree from the University of Rome and he earned his

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from

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Career

Following graduation in 1971, di Genola began his career at Banco di Roma in 1972 as head of financial analysis, before being appointed to manage the firm’s international loans office. In 1977, he joined Fiat where he was tasked with managing various departments before his eventual promotion to director of finance. In 2002, Di Genola was appointed CEO of Fiat. From 2003 to 2007 he was Chairman of Mediobanca, where he restructured the firm after many years of poor performance. In 2008, he became the Chairman of Telecom Italia. As of September 2020, he is a member of the Italian

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Other activities

* European Financial Services Roundtable (EFR), Member *

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, press release of 20 January 2016.

Philanthropy

Di Genola is heavily involved in philanthropic activities for Piedmont Cancer Centre; the Arco Foundation, which supports drug addicts; and the Eduardo Agnelli Foundation, a charity supporting disadvantaged people.

Recognition

In 1999, Di Genola was awarded the

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for “his incessant work on Italy’s financial stage”, and he was made a Knight of the

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in 2007.

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