Cav. Fulvio Conti (born

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, 28 October 1947) is an Italian financier. Recently served as

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and

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of Italy's largest power company. He joined

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in 1999 as

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. As CEO he finalized the acquisition of the Slovak utility, Slovenkse Elektrarne and he achieved the takeover of

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, the leading power company in

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and

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, as well as the takeover of the Russian power company OGK 5. He started his career at

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, where in 1989, he was appointed Chief Financial Officer at Mobil Oil Europe in

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. In 1991, he headed the Administration Finance and Control for Europe at the American company

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. One year later he came back to Italy as Chief Financial Officer at Montecatini and in 1993, he joined the Parent company Montedison-Compart. In 1996, he was appointed General Director as well as Chief Financial Officer at

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, the Italian Railways company. In 1998, he joined

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 ...

as General Director and Board Member of TIM and other major companies of the Group. He also had the position of Chief Financial Officer. He has a degree in Economics at “

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” University, Rome. In 2007, he was awarded with the Doctor Honoris Causa degree in Electrical Engineering, from Genoa University. He is a lecturer of Corporate Finance at the

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, School of Economics of the LUISS University, Rome. In May 2009, he was appointed “Cavaliere del Lavoro” of the

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and in December of the same year he became “Officier de la Légion d’Honneur “of the French Republic. He sits in the Board of Directors of the UK financial services Group Barclays plc, the US insurance Group

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and of the

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. He is Chairman of

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and deputy Chairman of Endesa. He has been Chief Executive Officer and General Director of Enel from May 2005 until May 2014.PR Enel May 2014 - http://www.enel.com/en-gb/media/press_releases/enel-new-board-of-directors-appoints-francesco-starace-chief-executive-officer-and-general-manager/r/1661941

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