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Palermo Fabrizio

Fabrizio Palermo was appointed Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Acea on 3 May 2023. He had already held the position of Chief Executive Officer of the Company since 26 September 2022. From July 2018 to May 2021, he held the position of Chief Executive Officer and General Manager of Cassa Depositi e Prestiti, where he had already held the position of Chief Financial Officer since 2014. From 2005 to 2014, he worked for the Fincantieri Group, where he held senior positions of increasing responsibility: initially as Director of Business Development and Corporate Finance, then as Chief Financial Officer (2006-2014) and finally as Deputy General Manager (2011-2014). Fabrizio Palermo began his professional career in the London offices of Morgan Stanley, in the Investment Banking Division. In 1998, he continued his career at McKinsey & Company, specialising in the restructuring, transformation and relaunch of large industrial and financial groups. During his career, he has held the positions of Chairman of CDP Equity S.p.A., Chief Executive Officer of CDP Reti S.p.A., and Member of the Board of Directors of Open Fiber S.p.A., Fincantieri S.p.A. and Fincantieri USA lnc., Vard Group AS and Vard Holdings Limited. Fabrizio Palermo has been a member of the Executive Committee of Assonime, a member of the Board of Directors of the Centro Studi Americani and Co-chairman of the Italy-China Business Forum. Since 2007, he has also been involved in academic activities at the Guido Carli Free International University of Social Studies as Assistant Professor for the course in “Planning and Control” (from 2007 to 2010) and subsequently as Adjunct MBA Professor for the course in “Corporate Finance” (in 2018 and 2022). In 2019, he was awarded the title of Commander of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic on the recommendation of the Presidency of the Council of Ministers. Fabrizio Palermo graduated with honours in Economics and Business from the University of Rome ‘La Sapienza’.
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