Oddone Pozzi was today appointed Chief Financial Officer of the Mondadori Group and will be in charge of the Finance, Procurement and Information Technology department, reporting to Ernesto Mauri, Chief Executive of Mondadori Group; Oddone Pozzi has also been appointed to the board of directors, replacing Carlo Maria Vismara who has resigned.

Born in Varese in 1963, Oddone Pozzi graduated in economics from Bocconi University in Milan. In NCR Italy since 1989, with increasing responsibilities, locally and internationally in both financial and management areas, he was appointed Director of Administration Italy.

In 1998 he joined Sisal Group as Group Director of Administration. Later in 2000, Oddone Pozzi entered Camuzzi Group as Group Director of Administration, Planning & Control and Information Technology and in 2002 in Enel Gas he was appointed Director of the Administration, Planning and Control, Real Estate and Information Technology.

In 2004 he joined Ventaglio Group as Group Chief Financial Officer in charge of Administration, Finance, Planning and Control as well as Information Technology and Investor Relations.

In 2006 he was appointed Co-Chief Executive Officer of Giochi Preziosi Group with powers to Administration, Planning & Control, Finance, Human Resources, Logistics, Information Technology and Legal and Corporate Affairs.