Christian De Felice

Chief Financial Officer

Christian De Felice, born in Rome in 1970, graduated with honors in Statistical and Actuarial Sciences from the University of Rome “La Sapienza” and is a member of the Italian National Society of Actuaries.

Served as Financial Manager of Safilo Group from 2002. He played a role in the Group’s reorganization and definition of a new financial structure, in the wake of the leveraged buy out in 2002.

He designed, implemented and managed the financing plans, and took part in the performance and management of the equity capital transactions. He was responsible for the quotation in the MTA in December 2005.

During 2009, he participated in the Group’s financial rebalancing project, which culminated in the acquisition of a stake by the Netherlands-based HAL Investment fund, handling relations with the investor, banks and supervisory authorities.

Between 1999 and 2002 he served as Head of Treasury and Finance at e.Biscom Group, where he participated in the company quotation project in the New market.

He has carried out M&A activities in Italy and abroad. Between 1998 and 1999 he worked at Omnitel, where he was Treasurer.

He managed the Project Financing operations related to the company’s start up. Between 1996 and 1998 he worked at Banca di Roma Londra, in the Capital Market Dept as a Trader with responsibility on the Italian Government Bond Market and the IRS.

He also carried out risk control and pricing activities, in connection with bond issuing operations.