Mr. Giussani received a degree in Economics from the Catholic University of Milan in 1972. He is registered in the Register of Chartered Accountants and is an authorized Italian Auditor. He currently teaches courses of International Accounting at the Catholic University of Milan. From 1981 to 2000 Mr. Giussani was a member of the Commissione Principi Contabili and since 2000 he has been the Vice Chairman of the Technical Committee of OIC - Organismo Italiano di Contabilità (the successor organization to the Commissione Principi Contabili, and the organization which sets the Italian Accounting Standards). From 1981 to 2007, Mr. Giussani was a partner with PricewaterhouseCoopers, where he held various other internal senior positions and was the auditor in charge of various Italian companies listed in both Italy and the United States. He is the Chairman of the Board of Auditors of Mediaset S.p.A. and a member of the Board of Directors for Fastweb S.p.A., Credito Artigiano S.p.A., Seat Pagine Gialle S.p.A., Finanaziaria Casanova S.p.A. and Carlo Tassara S.p.A.