Boards of directors
Lottomatica’s governance takes the form of a Board of Directors with 10 members who satisfy the requirements stipulated by the provisions of law and who remain in office for a maximum of 3 financial years. The Board of Directors is chaired by the Chairman of the Board.
Chairman
Andrea Moneta
Andrea Moneta is Senior Advisor Italy and Operating Partner PE FS for Apollo since 2015. In these capacities, he promotes and coordinates Apollo’s businesses in the Italian market, and serves on the Boards of the PE portfolios companies Amissima (chair) and Nova Kreditna Banka Maribor.
Before joining Apollo, Andrea Moneta worked, inter alia, as CEO EMEA for Aviva, CEO CEE for UniCredit, Group CFO for the same institution, and Head of Strategic Planning for the European Central Bank.
Andrea Moneta has held executive and non executive board positions in more than 35 listed and non-listed companies across several Western European countries, CEE, Ukraine, Russia, Turkey and the Middle East.
He holds honors degrees in Politics and Economics (magna cum laude) and in Business Administration. Additionally, he qualified as “Dottore Commercialista” (Italian Ministry of University and Research) and “Revisore Contabile” (Italian Ministry of Justice).
CEO
Guglielmo Angelozzi
Guglielmo starts his journey with Lottomatica (Gamenet at the time, owned by Trilantic Capital Partners) in August 2014 with the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Group.
He leads the development of the Company and the entry of the Group into the sports betting and online sector through the acquisition of the Italian activities of Intralot (2016), the listing in the STAR segment of the Milan Stock Exchange (2017) and the subsequent acquisition of GoldBet (2018).
With the entry of Apollo Global Management (2019) and the subsequent delisting of the Company (2020), Guglielmo continues to hold the role of Chief Executive Officer of the Group, which, following the acquisition of IGT's Italian non-lotteries gaming activities, in 2020, is renamed Lottomatica.
Still within the entertainment industry, Guglielmo was Chairman for 3 years of the trade association of public gaming concessionaires ACADI (formerly in Confindustria Innovative and Technological Services, now in Confcommercio) and has held various roles in IGT.
Before entering the entertainment industry, Gugliemo worked in the management consulting firm Bain & Company - where he managed numerous projects in the Media, ICT, Pharma and Entertainment sectors - and, before that, in Andersen Consulting (now Accenture).
Graduated with honors in Engineering from the University of Bologna, he obtained a Master's in Business Administration from SDA Bocconi in Milan.
Directors
John Paul Maurice Bowtell
John Paul Maurice Bowtell is an experienced director with highly relevant industry experience, having spent 8 years in the Gaming Sector serving as Chief Financial Officer for GVC Holdings Plc, Europe’s largest gaming business, after the acquisition of Ladbrokes Coral Group Plc. The Group included Eurobet, one of Italy’s largest gaming businesses where for 3 years he was the company president.
Prior to that he was Chief Finance Officer of First Choice Holidays PLC and became Chief Financial Officer of TUI Travel PLC after its merger with First Choice Holidays PLC in 2007. He previously held a number of senior positions with Centrica, WHSmith and Forte.
Bowtell is now a senior advisor to Alchemy, a special situations private equity fund, and chairs a number of their businesses. He is a Chartered Accountant.
Michele Rabà
Michele Rabà is a Partner at Apollo, having joined in 2010. Since he joined Apollo, Michele Rabà had been involved in various private equity transactions, including Gala Coral, Braas Monier, Watches of Switzerland, NKBM, Oldenburgische Landesbank and Gamenet.
Michele Rabà currently serves as a director of Italian gaming company, Lottomatica, as a supervisory board member of Slovenian bank, NKBM, and leasing company, Summit Leasing Slovenia. Michele Rabà is a former board member of Watches of Switzerland and KBS banka.
Prior to joining Apollo, Michele Rabà was with Goldman Sachs International in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division, based in London.
Michele Rabà graduated from Bocconi University where he earned both his BA in Financial Institutions and Markets and his MSc in Finance. In 2019, Michele Rabà was selected by Private Equity News and Financial News as one of the 25 rising stars of European private equity.
Yulia Shakhova
Yulia Shakhova is a Senior Associate in the London Private Equity team at Apollo, having joined in 2018. Since she joined Apollo, Ms. Shakhova has been involved in various private equity transactions, including Gamenet, Lottomatica (add-on), NKBM and Abanka (add-on).
Previously, Ms. Shakhova was with Citigroup Global Markets in the Financial Institutions Group within the Investment Banking Division, based in New York and London.
M. Shakhova graduated from University of London with a First Class Honours Bachelor of Science degree in Banking and Finance and received her Master's degree in Finance and Asset Management from Brandeis International Business School.
Eric Lurie Press
Mr. Press is a Senior Partner at Apollo having joined in 1998. In his years with Apollo, he has been involved in many of the firm’s investments in basic industrials, metals, lodging/gaming/leisure and financial services.
Prior to joining Apollo in 1998, Mr. Press was associated with the law firm of Wachtell, Lipton, Rosen & Katz, specializing in mergers, acquisitions, restructurings and related financing transactions. From 1987 to 1989, Mr. Press was a consultant with The Boston Consulting Group, a management consulting firm focused on corporate strategy.
Mr. Press currently serves on the boards of directors of Apollo Commercial Real Estate, Inc., ADT, LifePoint and Constellis.
Mr. Press graduated magna cum laude from Harvard College with an AB in Economics and Yale Law School, where he was a Senior Editor of the Yale Law Journal.
Michael Ian Saffer
Mr. Saffer is a Principal in the London Private Equity team at Apollo, having joined in 2015. Since he joined Apollo, Mr. Saffer has been involved in various private equity transactions, including OLB, Catalina, Aspen and Gamenet.
Mr. Saffer currently serves on the board of directors of Aspen and Lottomatica. Previously, Mr. Saffer was a member of the M&A group at Credit Suisse based in London.
Mr. Saffer graduated from the University of Nottingham with a BSc in Economics.
Natalia Tsitoura
Natalia is Head of European Private Credit at Apollo and is responsible for originating, structuring and underwriting transactions.
Natalia has over 14 years of investing experience and extensive knowledge in direct lending dealflow, having worked closely with private equity houses and corporates over the years.
Prior to joining Apollo, Natalia was a Managing Director at Alcentra where she was one of the founding members of its European direct lending platform.
Ron Prosor
Ambassador Ron Prosor is the head of the Abba Eban Institute of International Diplomacy at the Interdisciplinary Center Herzliya (IDC) and as of February 2021 a Professor of Practice for International Diplomacy. Prior to joining the IDC, Prosor served as Israel’s 16th Permanent Representative to the United Nations from 2011 - 2015.
In his three decades with the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Prosor carved out an international reputation as one of Israel’s most distinguished diplomats.
Mr. Prosor spent four years as Israel’s Ambassador to the United Kingdom and holds a Master’s degree in Political Science from the Hebrew University of Jerusalem, where he graduated with distinction.
David Benjamin Sambur
David B. Sambur is Co-Lead Partner, Private Equity at Apollo Global Management, Inc., having joined in 2004. Prior to that time, Mr. Sambur was a member of the Leveraged Finance Group of Salomon Smith Barney Inc. Mr. Sambur serves on the board of directors of AGS, CareerBuilder, Coinstar LLC, Cox Media Group, ClubCorp, Diamond Resorts International, EcoATM, LLC, Mood Media, Rackspace Inc., Redbox Automated Retail LLC and Shutterfly. Mr. Sambur previously served on the boards of directors of Caesars Entertainment Corporation, Hexion Holdings, LLC, Momentive Performance Materials, Inc. and Verso Paper Corporation.
Mr. Sambur is also a member of the Mount Sinai Department of Medicine Advisory Board, the Arbor Brothers Inc. Board and the Emory College Dean’s Advisory Counsel. Mr. Sambur graduated summa cum laude and Phi Beta Kappa from Emory University.
Board of auditors
The Board of Auditors consists of 5 members of whom 3 are standing auditors and 2 alternate auditors. All the auditors meet the requirements of professionalism, integrity and independence that is required under the provisions of applicable law; the Auditors' remuneration is determined at the Shareholders’ Meeting. The Board of auditors has the function of supervising the activity of the Company.
The Board of Auditors is completed by Dr. Giovanni Parisi and by Dr. Maria Federica Izzo as substitute auditors.
Maurizio de Magistris
Graduated in Economics and Commerce, with honours, from the University of Rome. Listed on the Order of Chartered Accountants of Rome, the Roll of Court-Appointed Expert Witnesses of the Court of Rome and the Register of Auditors.
A founding partner of Studio Bonifacio – de Magistris, under whose auspices he provides corporate and tax consultancy, in the field of economic assessments, and the non-profit sector.
Has held and still holds a number of positions, such as Chairman or member of Boards of Auditors of leading firms and business groups, including those within the Bulgari Group (Bulgari SpA and all its Italian investee companies), the Leonardo/Finmeccanica Group (Leonardo Global Services SpA and Ansaldo Breda SpA and, in the past, some of the group’s main strategic companies, such as Thales Alenia Space and Selex Electronic Systems), as well as others associated with key specific enterprises.
He is also member of Supervisory Bodies pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/2001.
Andrea Collalti
Andrea Collalti is a Chartered Accountant specialized in tax, business and administrative consulting. He is enrolled on the register of Auditors and in the Court of Rome (Bankruptcy section) as Insolvency Practitioner and the Civil Court of Rome as a Technical Consultant.
He is Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of the film production company Fandango, of CAL Concessioni Autostradali Lombarde S.p.A., Meliortrust S.p.A., Secretary General of Mater Mundi Onlus, Standing Auditor of the Fondazione Luigi Maria Monti (IDI Hospital), and of Investimenti S.p.A (Fiera di Roma). He is also a member of the Board of Auditors of Fondazione Civitas Lateranensis (Pontifical Lateran University), Board Member of Poligrafica San Faustino S.p.A., Expert Member of the Supervisory Board of Eutelia S.p.A. in extraordinary administration, appointed by the Minister for Economic Development; Member of the Supervisory Board of Fondazione Bioparco (Rome), Member of the Board of Auditors of FISG (Italian Federation of Ice sports).
He is member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Gamenet S.p.A. since November 2010 and of the Supervisory Board since May 2012.
Francesca di Donato
Francesca di Donato is Associate Professor of Business Administration at San Raffaele University in Rome after obtaining a degree in Economics and Business Administration and a PhD in Business Information Systems at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome. She is professor of Business Administration and Financial Analysis at Luiss Guido Carli University in Rome and author of numerous publications on national and international journals on corporate governance, economic-financial performance, and sustainability.
She is a member of the Order of Chartered Accountants of Rome and of the Register of Auditors. She deals with extraordinary transactions and financial restructuring, valuation of companies and equity investments, design of analytical accounting systems, management control and performance measurement, business planning and national and international accounting standards.
She is a member of the control bodies and member of the Supervisory Board of several companies, some of which are issuers and listed on the Italian Stock Exchange. She is currently Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Technogym S.p.A., Standing Auditor of Garofalo Health Care S.p.A. and TIM S.p.A.
Supervisory board
The Supervisory Board consists of the following members: Anna Spaggiari (President), Stefano Baduini e Valentina Lazzareschi.
External auditors
The external audit is carried out, as required by the relevant laws, by the auditing company PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) listed in the special register, as appointed by the Shareholders’ meeting.
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