Rosella Sensi (born 18 December 1971) is an Italian entrepreneur and professional sports executive. She was the chairperson of the Italian professional
football (soccer) club
Associazione Sportiva Roma (A.S. Roma, usually referred to simply as Roma) from 2008 to 2011.
She is a graduate of the
(LUISS). She has held the post of CEO ( it, amministratore delegato) and, since 28 August 2008, also the chairperson of the board of directors ( it, presidente del consiglio di amministrazione) of Roma, replacing her father,
Franco Sensi
Francesco Sensi, Cavaliere del lavoro (29 July 1926 – 17 August 2008) was an Italian oil tycoon. He was born in Rome, where he lived throughout his entire life, though he also served time as mayor of Visso, the city where his family came from ...
, who was the chairperson until he died on 17 August 2008.
She is the second woman to hold the office of chairperson of the club. Previously, Flora Viola, the widow of Dino Viola, succeeded her husband as chairperson of the club when he died in 1991. Rosella Sensi was one of two women in 2000s to lead a football club in Italy's top professional football league,
Serie A
The Serie A (), also called Serie A TIM for national sponsorship with TIM, is a professional league competition for football clubs located at the top of the Italian football league system and the winner is awarded the Scudetto and the Cop ...
with Francesca Menarini served as the chairperson of
Bologna F.C. 1909
Bologna Football Club 1909, commonly referred to as Bologna (), is an Italian professional football club based in Bologna, Emilia-Romagna that plays in Serie A, the top flight of Italian football. The club have won seven top-flight titles, two Co ...
.
Beginning in 2006, Sensi was elected between the Serie A clubs to be a member of the board of
Lega Calcio which she served as the vice-chairperson. Sensi was the first vice-chairperson of newly formed
Lega Serie A
The Lega Nazionale Professionisti Serie A (Italian for ''National Professionals League Serie A''), commonly known as LNPA or Lega Serie A (Serie A League), is the governing body that runs the major professional football competitions in Italy, m ...
in 2010.
On 31 March 2009, Sensi gave birth to a daughter, Livia.
On 8 July 2010, due to debts of her family company Compagnia Italpetroli to
UniCredit
UniCredit S.p.A. is an international banking group headquartered in Milan. It is Italy's only systemically important bank (according to the list provided by the Financial Stability Board in 2022) and the world's 34th largest by assets. It was fo ...
(the bank already owned 49% share of Italpetroli back to
Capitalia
Capitalia was an Italian banking group headquartered in Rome. The bank was a listed company in Borsa Italiana (Milan Stock Exchange). The bank was acquired by UniCredit by issuing new shares of UniCredit for shares of Capitalia.
History
Capitalia ...
era), she agreed to sell
A.S. Roma
' (''Rome Sport Association''), commonly referred to as Roma (), is a professional football club based in Rome, Italy. Founded by a merger in 1927, Roma has participated in the top tier of Italian football for all of its existence, except for ...
. During the interim period, A.S Roma was ''de facto'' owned by the bank which was seeking an outside buyer and Sensi continually stayed in charge as chairperson .
On 31 March 2011, she resigned from her post as a consortium led by American businessman
Thomas DiBenedetto had agreed to a takeover deal for the club. On 16 April the sales was completed for €70.3 million, to transfer Roma 2000 S.r.l. (a holding company with AS Roma SpA, ASR Real Estate S.r.l. and Brand Management S.r.l. as subsidiaries) from Compagnia Italpetroli to "NEEP Roma Holding", a 60–40 joint venture by AS Roma SPV LCC and UniCredit.
UniCredit also received several other assets from Compagnia Italpetroli as a debt settlement.
References
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1971 births
Living people
Italian football chairmen and investors
A.S. Roma chairmen and investors
Businesspeople from Rome