GIAN CARLO ROCCO DI TORREPADULA, CHAIRMAN OF PIRELLI LATIN AMERICA, WILL BE PROPOSED TO THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS OF TELECOM ITALIA LATAM AS CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER
RICCARDO PERISSICH WILL HEAD THE NEW AREA OF PUBLIC ECONOMIC AFFAIRS AND EXTERNAL RELATIONS, WITH MASSIMILIANO PAOLUCCI DEPUTY DIRECTOR RESPONSIBILE FOR THE COMMUNICATIONS AREA AND REPORTING DIRECTLY TO THE CHAIRMAN FOR MATTERS OF HIS RESPONSIBILITY
ANDREA IMPERIALI, WITH A DIRECT REPORT TO THE CHAIRMAN, IS THE NEW HEAD OF THE ADVERTISING AND IMAGE AREA
Maurizio Abet and Francesco Foscari have been nominated, within the communications area, to respectively head the Media Relations area and the Opinion Maker Relations area
Gian Carlo Rocco di Torrepadula, the chairman of Pirelli Latam, will be proposed as the chief executive officer of Telecom Italia Latin America.
At the same time, a new area with direct report the Chairman of the Telecom Italia Group, Marco Tronchetti Provera, has been created: Public Economic Affairs and External Relations will be headed by Riccardo Perissich with Massimiliano Paolucci as deputy director with responsibility for the Comunications Area.
Within the Communications Area, Maurizio Abet and Francesco Foscari, will respectively head the functions of Media Relations and Opinion Maker Relations.
The new function will have the job of presenting the Group’s positions to international, national and local Institutions, Regulatory and Competition Authorities, special interest Groups, national and international media, and opinion makers.
At the same time, the Public and Economic Affairs and Communication and Image areas will be annulled.
Andrea Imperiali is the new head of the Advertising and Image area and will report directly to the chairman.
Milan, 18 July 2006