Alberto Giussani, born in 1946. He was co-opted by the Board of Directors on 23 December 2008. He graduated in Economics and Commerce from the Catholic University of Milan and is enrolled on the Register of Public Accountants (Albo dei dottori commercialisti) and on the Register of Auditors. Mr Giussani is a professor teaching courses in Professional Techniques and International Accounting at the Catholic University of Milan. Since 2001, he has been a Member of the Standards Advisory Council of the IASC foundation which establishes international accounting principles; since 1981 he has been a Member of the Accounting Principles Commission of the Italian Public Accountants and is currently Vice Chairman of the Technical and Scientific Committee of the Italian Accounting Body. Chairman of Assirevi (Italian Association of Auditors) in the three-year period 2004-2006 and director from 1980 to October 2006; Chairman of the Ludovico Necchi Association (Association of alumni of the Catholic University); Member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Biblioteca Ambrosiana and Caritas Ambrosiana. Moreover, he was a member of the working group to review the Self-Governance Code for listed companies, member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Borsa Italiana before it was privatized and a Partner in the audit company PricewaterhouseCoopers, from which he resigned on 30 June 2007.
During his career as an auditor he has overseen the audits of important Italian and also multinational companies that are listed on the Italian and United States stock exchanges.
He is a Director of Credito Artigiano S.p.A. and Fastweb S.p.A.; he is the Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Mediaset Spa and is a Statutory Auditor of Luxottica S.p.A..