Ivanhoe Lo Bello

Independent director elected in 2009 by the minority shareholders 

Ivanhoe Lo Bello became a Director on April 29, 2009. He has been Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banco di Sicilia S.p.A. — Gruppo Unicredit since April 2008. From January 2008 to April 2008, he was Vice President of Banco di Sicilia S.p.A. — Gruppo Unicredit. From 1998 to 2001 and again since January 2008, he has been a member of the Board of Directors of Banco di Sicilia S.p.A. From 2004 to 2008, he was Director of the Syracuse branch of the Bank of Italy. He is President of Cofindustria Sicilia and the Chamber of Commerce of Syracuse. Mr. Lo Bello graduated magna cum laude from the University of Catania in 1989 with a degree in jurisprudence.