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Stefano Gnocchi

Stefano Gnocchi - Chairman

Standing auditor and Chairman

Degree in Economics, specialized in Finance and Master in Business and Knowledge Audit at the Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Piacenza and Milano (Italy).
Chartered accountant, Statutory Auditor, Certified Risk Management Assurance (CRMA), Certified Information System Auditor (CISA), Internal Audit Qualified External Assessor/Validator (QAR).
Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of SNAM S.p.A. Italian listed group leading in transport, storage and regassification. Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Mutuionline S.p.A. Italian listed group leading retail credit broker.
Board of Statutory Auditors of MTA S.p.A. international automotive company. Board of Supervisory Body 231 of Italian listed company. Member of Chartered Accountant Association commissions (Milan) and of Assirevi research committees. Member of the association IIA, AIAF, ANDAF, IGS, NedCommunity.
Contract Professor at the Department of Economics and Business, University of Pavia (Italy) (2010 - 2017).
Twenty years of professional experience in Big Four (Italy and US) and Mazars (Italy) within governance and internal controls, board evaluation, compliance, internal audit, risk management, fraud&investigation, financial audit, attestation of business plans, and assurance on management control systems and prospectus.
Main Industries: automotive, oil, energy&utilities, food&mmr. fashion, retail, e-commerce, insurance, banking, asset management, real estate.
 

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Gianfranco Chinellato

Gianfranco Chinellato

Standing auditor

Born in Padua in 1951. 

Graduated in Business and Economics from “La Sapienza” University in Rome.

Listed on the Register of Chartered Accountants and Auditors and on the Register of External Auditors.

He is Professor of Tax Law at Università degli Studi della Tuscia, Viterbo and at Accademia della Guardia di Finanza (Tax and Financial Police Academy). He is the author of the essay “CODIFICAZIONE TRIBUTARIA E ABUSO DEL DIRITTO - Contributo allo studio degli strumenti di contrasto all’elusione fiscale” [“TAX CODIFICATION AND ABUSE OF LAW - Contribution to the study of instruments to prevent tax avoidance”], CEDAM, Padua - 2007 in the Series “PROBLEMI ATTUALI DI DIRITTO TRIBUTARIO” [CURRENT TAX LAW PROBLEMS] edited by Franco Gallo. He is also the author of the entry “DIPORTO NAUTICO, DIRITTO TRIBUTARIO” [“YACHTING, TAX LAW”] in Enciclopedia Giuridica, Istituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Treccani, Rome - 2005, as well as of many articles and essays on tax and company matters in trade journals and dailies.

Since 1978, he has conducted corporate and business management consultancy and support activities in Italy and around the world in the various industrial, hotel, hospital and services sectors, as well as tax consultancy, support, defence and representation for leading banks, public and private authorities, and large, medium-sized and small industrial, commercial and services enterprises, including securities firms and insurance companies. Among others, for the National Research Council (CNR), the General Vicariate for Vatican City, ADN Kronos Group, the Italian Association of Private Hospitals (A.I.O.P.) HUMANITAS Group, GIOMI S.p.A., GVM S.p.A., TRAFALGAR Ltd. Group, the Italian National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Chartered Accountants, the Italian National Fund for Engineers and the Italian National Welfare and Assistance Fund for Psychologists, Consorzio Costa Smeralda, Consorzio Porto Rotondo etc., UNIONCAMERE (National Association of Italian Chamber of Commerce) and the relevant Special Chamber Companies.

Since 1978 he has held and still holds positions of Chairman or Standing Auditor at listed and unlisted companies and, most recently, of Chairman and member of the Supervisory Bodies of various corporations.

Since 1996 he has been registered as an expert witness of the Court of Rome, by which he has been appointed to draft important valuation reports, including for ENEL S.p.A. (distribution branch, 1999), SERFI S.p.A. and SOFID S.p.A. (ENI Group, 1998).

From 2010 to 2015 he was a party-appointed expert witness of Agenzia del Territorio (Land Italian Registry Office) now merged with the Agenzia delle Entrate (Revenue Italian Agency).

Since 2020 Member of “Massimario” / Abstract Office of the Lazio Regional Tax Court.


 

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Ines Gandini

Ines Gandini

Standing auditor

Born in Rome on 04 November 1968.

She has been a Standing Auditor of Snam since 27 April 2022.

She graduated with honours in Economics and Business from “La Sapienza” University of Rome, and attended the post-graduate course in Governance, Risk and Compliance at the Luiss Business School - Board Academy and the ESG Analysis and Investing specialisation course on the integration of ESG issues in analyses and financial investments at the Polytechnic University of Milan.

She’s an accountant and auditor and from May 2016 to April 2022 she has been carrying out highly specialised professional activities in relation to tax law issues at the law firm Salvini e Soci - Studio Legale.

From 2006 to 2008 she held the position of Revenue Advisor at SECIT, as well as Legal and Economic Advisor at the Cabinet of the Ministry of Economy, Finance Section.

From 1997 to 2006 she carried out professional activities in relation to corporate and tax matters in the corporate, finance and insurance sector with a focus on transactions concerning corporate reorganisation, extraordinary finance, the issuance of listed and unlisted securities, project financing and securitisation, the incorporation of private equity funds, real estate funds, the drawing up of stock option plans at the law firm Chiomenti.

She works in Corporate Governance and she is a member of Board of Directors of Nedcommunity as well as Head of the Rome Chapter of Nedcommunity.

She is an Independent Director of Italo – Nuovo Trasporto Viaggatori S.p.A., Fideuram Vita S.p.A. – Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, Eurizon Capital Real Asset SGR S.p.A.- Gruppo Intesa Sanpaolo, Fondo Italiano d'Investimento SGR S.p.A., AS Roma S.p.A.; member of the Board of Auditors and the Supervisory Body of the Fondazione Leonardo Civiltà delle Macchine and a member of the Board of Auditors of Fondazione La Biennale di Venezia; member of the Single Compliance/Control Body of Fondazione Milano Cortina 2026, Standing Auditor of Nexive Network S.r.l. – Gruppo Poste Italiane and Holding Reti Autostradali S.p.A., Gruppo Cassa Depositi and Prestiti.

 

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Federica Albizzati, Maria Gimigliano and Federico Sambolino hold the role of alternate auditors.

With its supervisory functions, the Board of Statutory Auditors in Italy is similar to what some companies call the internal control and audit committee, but only made up of independent experts. It works to ensure the proper administration and operation of Snam and its subsidiaries according to the Code of Ethics and relevant laws and regulations.

The current Board of Statutory Auditors was elected by shareholders of 27 April 2022 to stand until the 2025 shareholders’ meeting to approve 2024 financial statements.

Main duties

The Board of Statutory Auditors oversees compliance with the law and with Snam's Bylaws, as well as respect for the principles of proper administration in the performance of company activities; it also evaluates the adequacy of the organisational, administrative and accounting structure and how it functions in practice. The Board of Statutory Auditors also performs supervisory activities in its role as the internal control and audit committee.

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