ARIELA CAGLIO
Independent Director
Born in Bergamo on 20 January 1973 and graduated “cum laude” in Corporate Finance from Bocconi University in Milan with a Ph.D in Business Administration and Management in 2000. She is an Associate Professor of Planning and Control and Director of the Bocconi-ESSEC Double Degree at Bocconi University, as well as senior Professor of the SDA Bocconi School of Management. She has gained over fifteen years of experience teaching - including in MBA and executive programmes - subjects such as business planning and budgeting, performance measurement and management and cost accounting. She was also a Visiting Professor at prestigious international institutions such as the London School of Economics and Political Science (LSE) and the University of Manchester. Her skills and research and professional interests relate to the following main areas: performance assessment and planning and control systems; Sustainability and Integrated Reporting; inter-organisational control mechanisms, particularly with regard to companies that collaborate along the supply chain; remuneration and incentive systems. She has published for prestigious academic and professional journals, both nationally and internationally, including Accounting, Organizations and Society, Management Accounting Research, European Accounting Review, and the Journal of Accounting and Public Policy. She is a member of the Management Committee of the European Accounting Association (EAA) and Annual Report on Corporate Governance and Ownership Structure 19 an advisor to the United Nations (UNCTAD-United Nations Conference on Trade and Development) on sustainability reporting. She has also participated in the Ready4Board Women project. She is currently an Independent Director of COIMA RES S.p.A. SIIQ (a company listed on Borsa Italiana S.p.A.)