Alessia Falsarone

Alessia Falsarone has been a member of the Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali since February 28, 2022.

She holds an undergraduate degree with honors in Financial Markets and Institutions Economics from Bocconi University in Milan; a Master of Science degree in Financial Mathematics from Stanford University; a Master in Business Administration from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology Sloan School of Business.

She began her professional career as an investment banker at Credit Suisse First Boston in the United States, specializing in corporate and financial restructuring operations, including mergers and acquisitions, refinancings and capital market listings in North America, Switzerland and Japan. In 2003 she assumed the role of quantitative strategist for Citigroup in San Francisco. In 2006, she was appointed as Vice President, Global Investments, promoting the group’s institutional market expansion in Southeast Asia and Latin America based in New York, the first woman and the youngest corporate officer to hold the role. In 2007 she entered the insurance industry by joining the investment arm of American International Group (AIG), leading North American insurer, carrying out strategic assignments during the financial crisis and the subsequent repositioning of the third-party business as an independent global asset manager (PineBridge Investments), most recently as Managing Director, Head of Sustainable Investing, Portfolio Strategy and Risk in global credit markets for over a decade. Alessia Falsarone currently leads the Circular Economy and Sustainable Business Management program at the University of Chicago.

Ms. Falsarone is a certified director by the National Association of Corporate Directors (NACD), Washington D.C. She holds the Sustainability Accounting Credential issued by the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB FSA), the Sustainability and Climate Risk Credential issued by the Global Association of Risk Professionals (GARP SCR^tm), and has been awarded the Artificial Intelligence for Business Strategy certificate by the MIT Sloan School of Management.

She does not hold relevant positions according to our Directors Overboarding Policy.

• Independent non-executive director, member of the investment and credit committee, Innovate UK Loans Ltd, investment directorate of the UK government innovation agency fund
• Independent non-executive director, member of the operating board, of the audit and risk committee, and of the remuneration committee, OpenCorporates Ltd (UK)
• Chair of the board of trustees, International Education and Resource Network (iEarn-USA), World Economic Forum School of the Future; member of the executive committee
• Fellow of the Aspen Institute, Business and Society Program
• Member of the Technical Reference Group, International Sustainability Standards Board (ISSB)
• Fintech Advisory Board Member, Center for Financial Professionals (UK)

For information on Alessia Falsarone shareholdings, see the shareholdings section.