Giuseppe Recchi - Chairman of the Board
Mr Recchi was born in 1964 and he is Chairman of the Board of Eni since May 2011.
He is Vice Chairman of GE Capital SpA; member of the board of directors, of the compensation and audit committees for Exor Spa (listed at Milan Stock Exchange) and member of the European Advisory Board for Blackstone.
He is member of the Executive Committee of Confindustria, (the Italian Corporate Association) and member of the General Council and of the Chairmanship Committee of Assonime (Association of Italian Joint Stock Companies).
He graduated in Engineering at Politechnic of Turin. In 1989 started his career as entrepreneur at Recchi SpA, a group active in 25 countries in construction of public infrastructures. Since 1994 he served as Executive Chairman of Recchi America Inc., the U.S. branch of the Group.
In 1999 he joined General Electric, where he held several managerial positions in Europe and in the USA. He served as Director of GE Capital Structure Finance Group; General Manager for Industrial M&A and Business Development for GE EMEA; President & CEO of GE Italy. Until May 2011 he was President & CEO of GE South Europe.
Mr Recchi, who is also member of the Honorary Committee for the Rome Candidacy to the 2020 Olympic Games, has been member of the board of Permasteelisa Spa (listed at Milan stock exchange) and visiting professor in Structured Finance to Turin University.
