The Nominations and Remunerations is a standing committee of the Supervisory Board, which main purpose is assisting the Supervisory Board with supervising and monitoring the Group Management Board of the Company by overseeing, advising and preparing decisions on the following specific matters:

  • Company’s remunerations strategy for the members of the Group Management Board and Supervisory Board of the Company ;
  • administration of stock-based compensation plans; and
  • composition of the Supervisory Board ;
  • corporate governance matters.

The Nominations and Remunerations Committee consists of at least two members and is currently composed of the following members: Mr. Alexander SATOR (Chairman), Mrs Paola BRUNO, Mr. Yves KERVEILLANT. All of them are indepedent.

Alexander Sator

Chairman

Alexander Sator has a degree in physics and is an inventor of several renowned laser technologies. In 1996, he founded Sator Laser, a company specialized in industrial laser systems and became group technical director when it was acquired by Domino Printing Science, Plc in 2001. In 2005, he became CEO of 4G Systems before selling it to Deutsche Telekom in 2006. He then founded Sapfi Kapital Management, a family office that invests in the telecommunications industry. At the same time, he was active as a strategy advisor for Deutsche Telekom and chairman of Cinterion Wireless Modules, a Siemens spin-off. In 2018, Alexander Sator founded 1nce in joint-venture with Deutsche Telekom,  first major IoT operator, of which he  has been its CEO ever since. 

Paola Bruno

 

Paola Bruno has 30 years of experience working in London and Milan, mainly in investment banking, asset management, and financial consulting. Paola Bruno began her career in 1993 at UBS in London and Zurich as Corporate Finance Associate where she worked on assignments in the telecoms and finance sectors. In 1996, she joined Merrill Lynch in London where she held the position of Director, Head of Italian FIG Group, before taking up the position of General Manager at ABM in Milan. She then joined Banca Italease’s executive board in 2004 where she was in charge of corporate development, including mergers and acquisitions, investor relations, strategic planning, and compliance in times of crisis. In 2010, she became Chief Financial Officer and member of the executive board of PMS, a communications company listed on the AIM market in Milan, and also founded Geneva Equities Europe, a private equity fund. Since 2013, she has been Chief Executive and Founder of Augmented Finance, a consulting firm working with financial institutions, investment funds, and European and American companies in the tech sector. Paola BRUNO holds a number of non-executive directorships and was previously a non-executive director of Inwit, the largest telecoms tower operator in Italy and subsidiary of TIM.

Yves Kerveillant

 

Yves Kerveillant is a graduate of HEC and holds the diploma of Chartered Accountant. Prior to joining the Equideals consulting firm and taking over its presidency in 2009, Yves headed for over 20 years a leading group of accounting firms. In parallel, he is the statutory auditor of 80 companies, several of which are listed on the stock market. His areas of expertise include business development assistance, advice on M&A related to small or medium firms as well as the elaboration of recovery and restructuring plans.