Franco Passacantando - Webuild SpA Independent Director

Mr. Franco Passacantando has served as Independent Director of Salini Impregilo SpA from December 15, 2013. He is currently Central Director of Banca dItalia for relations with supranational organisations. In particular, he is currently Deputy Governor of Banca dItalia on the G20G27 groups, a member of the Economic and Financial Committee of the European Union, a member of the OECD Working Party and a member of the Basel Committee on Payment and Settlement Systems. Graduating in 1971 in Statistical Sciences before gaining an MA in Economics from Stanford University, in 1976 he joined the Research Service at Banca dItalia, and was then promoted to Director of the Monetary and Financial Sector, responsible for the economic analysis of banks, institutional structures of financial markets and monetary policy. He held this post from 2006 to 2012. From 1995 to 2003 he was Executive Director of the World Bank Group, representing the governments of Albania, Greece, Italy, Malta, Portugal, San Marino and East Timor. He rejoined Banca dItalia in 2003, heading the Capital Funds Management Service, before becoming Central Director of Central Banking, Markets and Payment Systems, coordinating the working group to revise the International Monetary Fund Guidelines on Foreign Exchange Reserve Management. He has also held positions at the University of California, Berkeley and the University of Rome. since 2013.