People: Fuel Systems Solutions Inc (FSYS.O)

FSYS.O on Nasdaq

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22 May 2013
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Summary

Name Age Since Current Position

Mariano Costamagna

61 2012 President, Chief Executive Officer, Director

Pietro Bersani

44 2011 Chief Financial Officer

Richard Nielsen

55 2011 Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing f IMPCO

Michael Helfand

52 2009 Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer

Pier Costamagna

59 2001 Managing Director of MTM and Director of Mechanical Engineering of MTM

Roberto Olivo

57 2012 Operations & Supply Executive Director

Marco Seimandi

46 Marketing Director of MTM

Norman Bryan

70 Lead Independent Director

Troy Clarke

57 2011 Independent Director

Marco Di Toro

50 2005 Independent Director

James Nall

63 2008 Independent Director

Joseph Pompeo

73 2010 Independent Director

William Young

70 2008 Independent Director

Biographies

Name Description

Mariano Costamagna

Mr. Mariano Costamagna serves as President, Chief Executive Officer, Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He was appointed President of the company effective June 30, 2012. On January 1, 2005, he became the Company’s Chief Executive Officer. He is also the Managing Director and Chief Executive Officer of M.T.M., S.r.L. MTM develops, manufactures and installs alternative fuel systems and components under the BRC Gas Equipment trademark, and Mr. Costamagna has served as MTM’s principal executive officer since it was incorporated.

Pietro Bersani

Mr. Pietro Bersani serves as Chief Financial Officer of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., since April 4, 2011. Mr. Bersani had rendered professional services as a consultant to MTM S.r.l. from January 2011 to March 2011. Previously, Mr. Bersani had served as an audit senior manager at Deloitte & Touche S.p.A., formerly Arthur Andersen S.p.A in Italy. Mr. Bersani is a Certified Public Accountant and member of the American Institute of Certified Public Accountants with experience in the accounting industry having rendered professional services ranging over audits of consolidated financial statements and reporting packages, comfort letters and Initial Public Offering (IPO) prospectus, M&A due diligences, assessments of internal control systems, identification processes of key performance indicators, risk factors and risk controls, agreed-upon procedures, other regulatory and other attest services. Mr. Bersani is also a Certified Public Auditor and a Chartered Certified Accountant in Italy where he developed a knowledge of IAS/IFRS and developed a industry in automotive components, transportation-airlines and train, technology media telecommunications, pharmaceutical/chemical, advertising, retail and pay-TV. From May 2007 to July 2009 Mr. Bersani also served in the responsible position of audit senior manager at Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu Services Inc., based in New York, to help improve the quality standards of the audit practice, develop the network audit methodology and audit approach, and to help implement a network risk management system for client acceptance and engagement risk assessment. Mr. Bersani earned a BA and MA in Business Economics from L. Bocconi University, Italy.

Richard Nielsen

Mr. Richard Nielsen serves as Executive Vice President - Sales and Marketing f IMPCO, a division of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., since October 17, 2011. He originally joined IMPCO in 1998, and has served in various roles of increasing responsibility, most recently as Director of Sales and Marketing and then General Manager since January 1, 2009. Prior to working for IMPCO, Mr. Nielsen worked in various sales, marketing and training positions within Superior Propane, Canada’s propane wholesaler and retailer. Mr. Nielsen began his automotive career at Advanced Automotive, one of Canada’s automotive conversion facilities.

Michael Helfand

Mr. Michael Helfand serves as Senior Vice President - Finance, Chief Accounting Officer of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., since May 2009. Prior to joining Fuel Systems, and beginning in 2003, Mr. Helfand was a finance and accounting consultant serving clients in matters related to SEC registration material preparation; Sarbanes-Oxley engagements; and financial review and systems development. From 2007 to 2008, he has served as the Interim Chief Financial Officer of Rothschild North America, Inc., a global investment bank. From 2006 to 2007, Helfand was the Executive Vice President of Finance and Interim CEO at WRC Media, Inc., a publishing company. Prior to consulting, he was Executive Vice President and CFO of Vestcom International, a NASDAQ company, from 1999 to 2003 and of World Color Press, a New York Stock Exchange company, in 1998. In addition, Helfand held various roles of increasing responsibility including Vice President and Assistant Controller at ABC, Inc., a division of the Walt Disney Company.

Pier Costamagna

Mr. Pier Antonio Costamagna serves as Managing Director of MTM and Director of Mechanical Engineering of MTM, a subsidiary of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He has served as the Director of Mechanical Engineering of MTM, S.r.L., a wholly owned subsidiary of BRC, since its formation in 1977. Mr. Costamagna has also served as Managing Director of BRC, one of the company's wholly owned subsidiaries, since the company was established in 2001. MTM develops, manufactures and installs alternative fuel systems and components under the BRC Gas Equipment trademark. Mr. Costamagna and his family founded MTM in 1977, and Mr. Costamagna has served as MTM’s principal executive officer since that time.

Roberto Olivo

Mr. Roberto Olivo serves as Operations & Supply Executive Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., with effect from June 30, 2012. Prior to that he was Co-President, Head - BRC Operations of the company. Mr. Olivo had been serving as Chief Operational Officer since January 1, 2009. Previously, Mr. Olivo had been serving as the company's general manager of IMPCO since September 2007, a role which Mr. Olivo had been serving as acting general manager of IMPCO since May 2007. Prior to working for IMPCO, and beginning in 2000, Mr. Olivo was an independent management consultant specializing in the automotive industry. In this capacity, he worked on several projects for Fuel Systems’ BRC subsidiary as well as clients such as Fiat, Ferrari Maserati Group and Daimler Chrysler. His professional career also includes experience within the broader transportation and industrial sectors. He earned a Bachelor of Science degree in electrical engineering from Politecnico di Torino, Italy, and is proficient or fluent in Italian, English, German, French, Dutch/Flemish and Spanish.

Marco Seimandi

Mr. Marco Seimandi serves as Marketing Director of MTM, a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He joined MTM in 1996 as Commercial Manager after his previous experience as Regional Commercial Manager of the French automotive component group Valeo. Mr. Seimandi has a PhD in aircraft engineering at Turin Polytechnic in Italy and a specialization in business administration from CEDEP/INSEAD Institute at Fontainebleau in France.

Norman Bryan

Mr. Norman L. Bryan serves as Lead Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He is Chair of Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee, and a member of Audit Committee. He has been a consultant since January 1995. Mr. Bryan was employed as the Senior Vice President of Sales and Marketing of EIT, Inc., an electric meter manufacturing company, from October 1998 to July 2002. Prior to retiring in 1994 from Pacific Gas and Electric Company, he was Vice President, Marketing from February 1993 until December 1994, and was Vice President, Clean Air Vehicles from February 1991 to February 1993. Mr. Bryan holds an M.S. degree in business from Stanford University and a B.S.M.E. degree in mechanical engineering from California State University in San Jose. Mr. Bryan is also an advisory board member of the Institute of Transportation Studies at the University of California, Davis.

Troy Clarke

Mr. Troy A. Clarke serves as an Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., since December 14, 2011. Mr. Clarke is president of Navistar Asia Pacific and Strategic Initiatives, which includes truck and diesel joint ventures in China and India and developing alternative growth strategies. Navistar International Corporation is a multi-billion, Fortune 300 company, whose individual business units provide integrated and transportation solutions. Prior to Navistar, Mr. Clarke held a variety of leadership positions at General Motors Company (GM) where he began his career in 1973, including: Group VP -- President GM North America from 2006 to 2009; Group VP -- President GM Asian Pacific from 2004 to 2006; Group VP -- Manufacturing and Labor Relations from 2001 to 2004; Corporate VP -- President GM Mexico from 1998 to 2001. Mr. Clarke holds a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering from the General Motors Institute and a master's degree in business administration from the University of Michigan.

Marco Di Toro

Mr. Marco Di Toro serves as an Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc since April 1, 2005. He currently serves on Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He has been a partner in the law firm of Grosso, de Rienzo, Riscossa e Associati in Turin, Italy since 1994. Mr. Di Toro holds a law degree from Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore, Milan (Catholic University of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Milan).

James Nall

Mr. James William Nall serves as an Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He currently serves as chairman of the company's Audit Committee and as a member of the company's Compensation Committee. Mr. Nall is a Certified Public Accountant with experience in the accounting and finance industry. Mr. Nall is currently serving as a tax commissioner for the State of New Jersey, a position he has held since July 2005. Prior to Mr. Nall’s appointment as tax commissioner by the governor of New Jersey, he was executive vice president and chief financial officer of New Jersey-based Hudson United Bancorp, a multi-billion dollar financial institution listed on the New York Stock Exchange, from September 2003 until its sale to TD Banknorth Inc. in January 2006. Mr. Nall also served as a member of the board of directors and as chairman of the audit committee of Interaudi Bank, a $1 billion private bank based in New York, from April 2003 to April 2004. Mr. Nall’s experience also includes serving for more than eighteen years as a partner with Arthur Andersen LLP. Mr. Nall earned a Masters of Business Administration in professional accounting from Rutgers University.

Joseph Pompeo

Mr. Joseph E. Pompeo serves as an Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc., since December 2010 and currently serves on Audit Committee and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. Pompeo is a Certified Public Accountant with experience in the accounting industry, including over 30 years of auditing experience at Arthur Andersen, LLP where he held the position of partner for 26 years. As Director of the International Business Practice of the New York metropolitan area, he assisted several non-US corporations with initial public offerings and listing on US stock exchanges. He also served in numerous technical and management roles, including partner in charge of the Accounting and Auditing Divisions in San Juan, Puerto Rico and managing partner of the New Jersey office. He has also served on various educational and philanthropic boards and on the Board of Directors of Aeroflex, Inc., a public company, where he served on the Audit, Compensation, and Nominating and Governance Committees.

William Young

Mr. William J. Young serves as an Independent Director of Fuel Systems Solutions Inc. He currently serves as Chairman of the company's Compensation Committee and as a member of the company's Audit Committee. Mr. Young has over 30 years of experience in the automotive industry, most recently, serving as a director for Oregon-based Lithia Motors, a billion dollar automotive retailer listed on the New York Stock Exchange from March 1997 until July 2008. Mr. Young also served as executive director of J.D. Power and Associates, a global marketing information services firm specializing in consumer research for the automotive industry, from September 2003 through February 2008. From 1994 through July 2000, Mr. Young was the Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Advanced Machine Vision Corporation, operating in the machine vision industry. Prior to 1994, Mr. Young served with Volkswagen of America in various capacities for a period of 18 years, most recently as its President and Chief Executive Officer.

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