Valentina Casella

Valentina Casella, born in Boston on 19 October 1979, after graduating in law at the University of Milan, earned a Master in Law at Columbia University Law School in New York and an MBA at INSEAD.

Lawyer, member of the Milan and New York Bars, trainee from 2004 to 2006 at the Panzarini law firm. From 2007 to 2012, associate at Simpson Thacher & Bartlett LLP, New York.

Since 2014, partner of Casella e Associati – Studio Legale, where she deals mainly with civil and corporate law, corporate governance, and extraordinary transactions. 

Since April 2021 Valentina Casella has been a member of the Board of Directors of Arnoldo Mondadori Editore.
In April 2021 the Board of Directors also appointed Valentina Casella as Lead Independent Director, pursuant to the Corporate Governance Code.

Also Independent Director of Banco di Desio e della Brianza S.p.A., where she is Chairperson of the Remuneration Committee and member of the Related Party Committee; Independent Director of Italmobiliare S.p.A., where she is also Member of the Remuneration and Appointments Committee; Director of Innovup.