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Sergio Marchionne was elected to the Board of Directors at the AGM in April 2007. He is a member of the Compensation Committee.
Sergio Marchionne serves as Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of Fiat S.p.A., Turin, and Fiat Group Automobiles. Sergio Marchionne began his professional career in 1983 as Chartered Accountant and Tax Specialist for Deloitte & Touche in Canada. Two years later, he became Group Controller and then Director of Corporate Development at Lawson Mardon Group of Toronto. In 1989 and 1990, he served as Executive Vice President of Glenex Industries. In the following two years Sergio Marchionne acted as Vice President of Finance and Chief Financial Officer at Acklands Ltd. He returned to Lawson Mardon Group in 1992 as Vice President of Legal and Corporate Development and Chief Financial Officer. The company was acquired by Alusuisse Lonza (Algroup) in 1994. After the acquisition he held various positions of increasing responsibility until 2000, having become CEO in 1996. After completing the merger of Alusuisse with Alcan, he acted as CEO and Chairman of the spin-off Lonza Group Ltd. In 2002, Sergio Marchionne was appointed CEO of the Société Générale de Surveillance (SGS) Group of Geneva, and in early 2006 he became Chairman of the same company. He has been a member of the Board of Fiat S.p.A. since 2003 and served as CEO of the company from June 2004 onwards. Furthermore, Sergio Marchionne holds the position as CEO of Fiat Group Automobiles, Fiat’s largest industrial business. Sergio Marchionne studied philosophy at the University of Toronto, Canada, business at the University of Windsor, Canada, and law at Osgoode Hall Law School in Toronto, Canada, and is a lawyer and chartered accountant. He was born on 17 June 1952. He is a citizen of both Italy and Canada. | 