Chief Executive Officer – Gruppo 24 Ore

Mirja Cartia d’Asero is Chief Executive Officer of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. since 27 April 2022 and former member of the Board of Directors since 23 July 2020.

She has gained significant experience of over 25 years in the finance sector with a particular focus on the real estate sector, first as a lawyer and then as a manager and entrepreneur.

In the first 10 years of your career, you practiced as a lawyer in international law firms in the banking & finance and real estate sectors, in Italy and in London. Over the next 12 years you worked at an international investment bank, in the real estate finance sector.

Since 2015 you have held the role of Co-Founder and Chief Executive Officer of a company (ReStar) active in the non-performing loans sector with underlying real estate. Since November 2019 ReStar has been acquired by Guber Banca, a company in which you held the role of Head of Real Estate.

From 2014 to today, you have held various positions as an Independent Director in companies listed on the Stock Exchange, holding positions in the internal board committees. You are currently an Independent Director of TECMA Solutions S.p.A., of ZURICH Investments Life S.p.A. – where you also hold the position of Chairman of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Internal Control and Risk Committee – and of ITALMOBILIARE S.p.A., where you are also Chairman of the Control and Risk Committee, Member of the Sustainability Committee and Member of the Related Parties Committee.

Previously, you were an Independent Director of FNM S.p.A. – where you also held the position of Chairman of the Remuneration Committee, Member of the Risk Control and Related-Party Transactions Committee and Member of the Social and Ethics Responsibility Committee -, of DAMIANI S.p.A., of PRELIOS S.P.A. – Where she was also a Member of the Remuneration Committee and Member of the Internal Control, Risk and Corporate Governance, Related-Party Transactions Committee – and of PRELIOS SGR S.p.A. – Where she was also a Member of the Remuneration Committee.

She was born in Catania on 11/22/1969, she graduated in law at the University of Catania, she obtained the qualification to practice as a lawyer in 1996; she subsequently attended the European Lawyer at the Law Society, the In the Boardroom training course, organized by Linklaters, Egon Zhender and Valore D. At C.E.O. School she attended the Advanced Training Course for 30 female executives selected for merit, sponsored by GE Capital and Borsa Italiana.