Carolyn G. Dittmeier

She was born in 1956. She holds a BSc in Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania. She is a statutory auditor, a certified public accountant, a certified internal auditor and a certified risk management assurance professional focusing on the audit and risk management sectors. She commenced her career at the auditing and consulting firm KPMG and subsequently assumed managerial responsibilities in the Montedison Group as Financial Controller and later as Head of Internal Audit. Subsequently, she took on the role of Chief Internal Audit Executive of the Poste Italiane Group. She has carried out various professional and academic activities focusing on risk and control governance and has written two books. She was Vice Chair and Director of the Institute of Internal Auditors (IIA), Chair of the European Confederation of Institutes of Internal Auditing (ECIIA) and Chair of the Italian Association of Internal Auditors. Furthermore, she served as Independent Director and Chair of the Risk and Control Committee of Autogrill SpA as well as of Italmobiliare SpA. She is currently President of the Statutory Audit Committee of Assicurazioni Generali SpA and a member of the Boards and/or the Audit Committees of some non-financial privately held companies. She has been a Member of the Board of Directors of the Bank since January 2017.