Simona Arduini

Indipendent Director and Lead Independent Director

Born in Rome in 1970.

Simona Arduini has been a member of the Board of Directors of Banca Ifis since 2019 and she was Deputy Chairman of the Board of Directors of Banca Ifis from July 2023 to April 2025.

She is a tenured professor for the disciplinary scientific sector of Business Economics at the Department by the same name at the University of Roma Tre. She chaired the School of Economics and Business Studies for the three-year period 2016-2019.
She teaches Financial Statements and Company Valuation.
She has been an auditor since 1999 and a chartered accountant since 1994.

She was a consultant to the Civil Court of Rome for corporate matters (evaluation of: trademarks, patents and damages for breach of contract) from 1999 to 2018.

She has served on the board of statutory auditors of Nuova Cassa di Risparmio di Ferrara S.p.A. and Poste Vita S.p.A.. She has served as a member of the supervisory committee of numerous l.c.a. and a.s. procedures involving banks and financial institutions. She has carried out economic capital appraisals for leading Italian companies.
She was appointed by Mibac, in 2019, and re-appointed in 2022, to the Board of Auditors of the Special Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape Superintendence of Rome.

Other posts*:
Independent director of Ifis Npl Servicing S.p.A.
Independent director of Ifis Npl Investing S.p.A.
Standing Auditor of Open Fiber Holdings S.p.A.
Standing Auditor of Open Fiber S.p.A.
Standing Auditor of Open Fiber Network Solutions S.c.a.r.l.
Standing auditor of Acea ATO 2 S.p.A.
Chair of the Board of Statutory Auditors of SIMAM S.p.A. (ACEA group)
Standing auditor of Proservice S.p.A.
Member of the Board of Auditors of the Special Archaeology, Fine Arts and Landscape Superintendence of Rome
Member of the Supervisory Committee of Veneto Banca S.p.A. in l.c.a.
Member of the Supervisory Committee of Européenne de Gestion Privée S.A.-Italian Branch in l.c.a.
Member of the Supervisory Committee of Orconsult Capital Management SIM S.p.A. in l.c.a.

Presence at BoD meetings**: 100%

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^*The figures shown refer to the 2024 Corporate Governance report.