(PRESS RELEASE) PADUA – Safilo Group S.p.A. informs that the board of directors, following the meeting held at 9 July, has appointed Mr. Michele Melotti as Group CFO and Manager Responsible for the preparation of the company’s financial documents in accordance with Article 154-bis of the Legislative Decree 58/1998, with effect from 28 August 2023.
Such appointment followed the favorable opinion of the Board of Statutory Auditors and it is in accordance with the guidelines drawn up and discussed by the board of directors in 2021 with regards to the succession of the top management and in respect of the professional requirements provided for by Article 21 of the Company By-Laws.
Mr. Melotti has a Degree in Business Economics from the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia and a Masters Degree in General Management from the University of Bologna. He began his professional career in KPMG Advisory S.p.A. and successively joined Safilo in 2012 where, during his 11 years with the Company, he has assumed roles of increasing responsibility within the Finance and Accounting function. In 2016 he was in fact appointed senior director finance & accounting Western Europe & Global Accounts and in 2019 he was appointed to his current role as senior director group controlling.
