Shaping a Sustainable Multilateralism

Mariarosa Cutillo is Chief of the Strategic Partnerships Branch, within the Division of Communications and Strategic Partnerships of UNFPA (United Nation Population Fund). Mariarosa obtained a degree in Advanced International Law from the Faculty of Law of the Catholic University of Milan in 1995. She has post-graduate specializations in Human Rights and in business administration, with a specific focus on social and environmental sustainability. Mariarosa brings with her more than 20 years of professional experience, working for the private sector. Before joining UNFPA, she was the Head of Corporate Social Responsibility at Benetton Group, as well as President and CEO of Benetton’s UNHATE Foundation. She has served as director of Valore Sociale per l’Impresa Responsabile (a multi stakeholder corporate social responsibility organization). On issues relating to corporate sustainability, she has served as a legal expert for various Institutions. She has also worked extensively for the international non-governmental organization Mani Tese. Mariarosa was also a professor in International Law Cases in the Faculty of Law of the University of Milan-Bicocca and senior lecturer at the Catholic University of Milan, Faculties of Law and Political and Social Sciences.

He graduated from Università Bocconi in Milan and holds a M.Phil. and a Ph.D. in Economics from New York University. He is Fellow of the Centre for Research on Geography, Resources, Environment, Energy & Networks (GREEN) at Università Bocconi of Milan and a Visiting Fellow at King Abdullah Petroleum Studies and Research Center (KAPSARC). Founder and first President of the Italian Association of Environmental and Resource Economists (IAERE), he is a member of the editorial board of lavoce.info, of the scientific committee of Centro per un Futuro Sostenibile and of Fondazione Lombardia per l’Ambiente. Previously, he was the coordinator of the Climate Change Modelling and Policy research program of the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei in Milan. He actively participates to the policy debate through media interviews, comments and articles in newspapers and magazines and speeches and presentations in non-academic public events.

Carlo Mazzi is the Chairman of the Board, first appointed on February 14, 2014 and most recently re-elected on April 27, 2018. He was first appointed to the Board in 2004 – who served mainly as Vice Chairman – until his appointment as Chairman of the Board. Mr. Mazzi holds directorships in subsidiaries of the Company. He holds directorships in Prada Holding S.p.A., Bellatrix S.p.A. and Ludo S.r.l., which are substantial shareholders of the Company. Mr. Mazzi obtained a degree “cum laude” (with praise) in Mechanical Engineering from the Bologna University of Italy in 1971 and obtained a master’s degree in Business Administration from Bocconi University of Milan in 1976. Mr. Mazzi worked as a Manager of the Large Corporate department of IMI and San Paolo IMI Bank from 1994 to 2000. He was a board member of IBI International Business Advisors Investment N.V. - Amsterdam; Vice Chairman and Executive Committee Member of IBI Bank AG - Zurich; Board Member of IBI Corporate Finance B.V. - Amsterdam; Managing Director of IBI S.p.A. - Milan (financial intermediation ex art. 106 TUB) from 2000 to 2004. He is currently a board member of Chora S.r.l. - Milan (a service company) and an independent board member of Banca Profilo S.p.A. (a bank listed on the Italian Stock Exchange) since April 2018. He was previously a board member of IMI-ABN AMRO S.p.A. - Milan (focused on merchant banking), SAGO S.p.A. - Florence (an IT research company responsible for the management of health facilities), IMILEASE S.p.A. - Rome (a leasing company), Banca di Intermediazione Mobiliare IMI S.p.A. - Milan (now Banca IMI S.p.A.) (focused on investment banking), Tecnofarmaci S.p.A. - Pomezia (a research company in the pharmaceuticals industry), SIM S.p.A. - Rome (focused on project management) and Paros International Insurance Brokers S.r.l. - Milan (in the insurance brokerage sector). He is a member of the Remuneration Committee and Nomination Committee. Save as disclosed herein, Mr. Mazzi is not and has not been a director of any other listed companies in Hong Kong or overseas in the past three years.

He graduated with honours in Construction Engineering and, from 2009 to 2011, was a Council Member and Treasurer of the Order of Engineers. In 2011 he was elected Municipal Councillor in Trieste with the MoVimento 5 Stelle, giving his contribution on territorial planning, construction, environment, infrastructure and transport.

In the 2018 national political elections, he was elected Senator for the Friuli Venezia Giulia constituency, and was chosen as coordinator of the MoVimento 5 Stelle in the Senate. On 5 September, 2019, he was sworn in before the President of the Republic, Sergio Mattarella, as Minister of Economic Development. This important role sees him working alongside companies on a daily basis, with particular attention to measures that favour technological transition, the sustainability of production processes, innovation, Italian-made excellence and business development.

Ana Luiza Massot Thompson-Flores, born in Rio de Janeiro (Brazil), is presently the Director of the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe based in Venice (Italy).

She studied at the Kogod School of Business where she completed her university studies at the American University (Wash.DC) obtaining her Bachelor’s of Science in Business Administration (International business, Personnel & Industrial Relations with a minor in Psycology) in December 1985. In 1987, she began her career in the Human Resources Department of the Food and Agricultural Organization (FAO), and joined the United Nations World Food Programme (WFP) in 1995. In 2004, she joined the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) in New York, as Chief of the Human Resources Policy Unit, returning to the WFP at the end of 2005.

In 2011, she joined the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Oranization (UNESCO) headquarters in Paris/France, as Director of the Bureau of Human Resources Management. She held the post of Assistant Director-General for Strategic Planning in 2015 prior to joining the UNESCO Regional Bureau for Science and Culture in Europe.

Work in the Applied Arts, according to the contemporary modality that combines the skills of art, design, architecture and fashion with cinema as an essential part of the Italian creative DNA. Vice President of PalaExpo, the largest museum center in Italy, with an exhibition and performance vocation in its three locations. Creator and curator of A.I.artisanal intelligence event that takes place in the context of AltaRoma and in other national and international situations to promote the Made in Italy in collaboration with museums, contemporary art galleries and institutional or non-conventional spaces. Curator of the Fashion section of Videocittà, a project by ANICA CINEMA. She has directed the Academy of Costume and Fashion from 2005 to 2010. Lecturer at the Academy of Fine Arts in Rome. She taught History of Fashion Design and Research Techniques at the Academy of Costume and Fashion, at the Faculty of Architecture in Rome Ludovico Quaroni. She is the curator of the Sartoria Farani and a reference figure for the Annamode Tailoring, collaborating with all the costume-tailoring companies in Rome with which she has created exhibitions and projects on fashion and costume all over the world. Consultant for curating and contents of Mondomostre. He writes for Artribune of Fashion, Costume and Cinema.

Yann Wehrling was born in 1971 in Strasbourg. Environmental activist in his region for ten years, he took national responsibility in the Green Party and became its spokesperson and then the Secretary General from 2003 to 2007. In 2007, he joined the Democratic Movement of François Bayrou, of which he became spokesperson. Elected councilor of Paris in 2014 and then regional councilor in 2015, he was appointed French Ambassador for the Environment by President Emmanuel Macron in December 2018. From 2013 to 2017, he was at the Management Board of ADEME, the French agency for the environment and energy management, and he continues to practice the press cartoon, which was his initial training.