Umberto Zanni

Born in Palermo on January 6 1922 – married with three children.

Degree in Political Science, Navy Officer during the war.

Director of a shipping complex on the Suez Canal from 1948 to 1959.

Office worker then subsequently Central Director of CENTRALE S.p.A. in Milan with the role of Director of INVEST and COFINA.

Executive of RAS S.p.A. in Milan from 1973 to 1994 (Finance Director and later General Manager, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman).

President of Assonime in Rome from 1994 to 2001. Director and later Chairman of AIR LIQUIDE ITALIA until 2005.

Director and member of the Executive Committee of DEUTSCHE BANK ITALIA – currently member of the Consulting Committee.

Director of C.I.R. S.p.A.

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