33. Professional Qualifications of each Member of the Audit Committee and Other Important Curricular Information
The professional qualifications of the members of the Audit Committee are those described in point 19.
Additionally, reference should be made to the fact that the vast experience of the members of the Committee in corporate body positions, as well as to their special technical merit in this particular matter, have created particular added value for the Company.
The Chair of the Audit Committee, Clara Christina Streit holds a Masters in Business Administration from the University of St. Gallen, Switzerland, having started her career at McKinsey & Company as a consultant, having ceased her collaboration with that company in 2012 as a senior partner, after more than 20 years of experience as an adviser to financial institutions. She is currently an independent non-executive director of several European companies. Her academic training, her extensive professional experience, namely in matters of control and supervision, and her keen critical and analytical sense, ensure her a special competence for the assignment as Chair of the Company’s supervisory body.