Emilio Foa named as Chief Financial Officer of Benetton Group

Emilio Foa is the new Chief Financial Officer of Benetton Group, with effect from April 2007. He joins Benetton from Burberry plc where he was deputy CFO since February 2005. In this role, among other activities, he dealt with financial planning and reporting, tax, treasury and accounting processes.

Foa joined Burberry after a 4 year experience in Gucci where he was Group Controller. He began his career as Controller in 3M, subsequently moving as Finance Director to pharmaceutical companies, Boehringer Mannheim and GlaxoSmithKline.

Emilio Foa, born in 1963, is married and has two daughters. He obtained a degree cum laude in Business Administration at the Bocconi University.