People: Amplifon SpA (AMFPF.PK)

Mr. Maurizio Costa has served as Non-Executive Independent Director of Amplifon SpA since April 24, 2007. He also serves as Chairman of the Remuneration and Nominating Committee of the Company. He was General Manager of the Standa Group from 1989 to 1992. He joined Mondadori in 1992 to manage Group subsidiaries and acquisitions, divestments and development of new businesses, until he became Chief Exceutive Officer of Elemond in 1994. Appointed Chief Executive Officer of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore SpA in 1997, he also became its Deputy Chairperson in 2003. He is also Deputy Chairperson of Mondadori France Sas and a member of several boards of directors of Mondadori Group companies. He is a member of the Councils of Confindustria and also participates in the Chairperson’s Committee of F.I.E.G. He graduated in Mechanical Engineering from Universita degli Studi di Genova.