Patrizia Lucia Maria Riva

Associate professor of Corporate Auditing and Corporate Governance, Internal Auditing, NFR at the University of Eastern Piedmont (Università del Piemonte Orientale). Accountant and chartered auditor. Founder and senior partner of the Studio Patrizia Riva, Dottori Commercialisti e Avvocati Associati accountancy and legal practice. 
Holds administrative and supervisory positions in listed and non-listed companies. Included in the national list of experts in the negotiated resolution of company crisis situations. Statutory technical consultant, expert in company valuation, financial advisor and recovery plan certifier, judicial commissioner, receiver, court-appointed administrator and crisis settlement officer designated by chambers of commerce. 
Selected by the Bellisario Foundation for inclusion in the list of “1000 excellent curricula” database of women in positions of seniority in Italian corporate, academic and public spheres.
Member of the OIBR Italian Business Reporting Organization, NedCommunity, European Corporate Governance Institute, InsolEurope, Associazione Interprofessionale Monza (Monza Interprofessional Association), Associazione Concorsualisti Milanesi (Milan Insolvency Lawyers Association), Associazione Italiana Dottori Commercialisti (Italian Accountants Association). One of Italy’s conferees at CERIL - Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law. Vice-president of the APRI association of business recovery professionals, Advisora director, Council Insol Europe, Co-coordinator of the working groups which have drawn up certification principles for recovery plans and editing principles for recovery plans. Reviewer for journals and publishing houses, and author of numerous national and international publications.

Administrative positions:

In listed companies:

ongoing

• Independent board member, Aquafil Spa (since 2023)

concluded

• Independent board member, Maire Tecnimont Spa (30 April 2004-2022)

In non-listed companies:

ongoing

• Board member, “Paolo Borsa” School special training college (since 11 January 2023)
• Advisor, Federdistribuzione (2013-2017 and since 2021)
• Vice-president, APRI Associazione Professionisti Risanamento Imprese (association of corporate consultancy professionals)
• Vice-president, FARE X BENE non-profit association

Supervisory positions:
In listed companies:

ongoing

• President of the Board of Auditors, Piquadro Spa since 2019, and former auditor of the same (from 26 July 2016)

concluded

• President of the Board of Auditors, GVS spa (26 June 2020-3 May 2023)

In publicly owned bodies and companies:

Ongoing

• Sole auditor, Marcello Morandini Foundation (since 21 September 2020)

concluded

• Chartered auditor, Azienda Tramvie e Autobus del Comune di Roma - A.T.A.C. SpA, Rome public transport company (since 23 June 2021) in approved composition with creditors and in implementation
• President of the Board of Auditors, G.M.E. Spa–Gestore dei Mercati Energetici (30 November 2015-20 December 2018)
• Substitute auditor, AFM Spa –Azienda Farmacie Milanesi (2013-2016)

In non-listed companies:

ongoing

• Sole auditor, Intergea Premium Srl (since 2 November 2020)
• Auditor, Agilepower Srl (since 17 October 2022)
• Auditor, AgileLab Srl (since 17 October 2022)
• Auditor, Mediobanca SGR Spa (since 14 October 2022)
• Statutory auditor, Compass Banca Spa (since 18/10/2023) 

Other professional activties:

• Expert in business valuation in going concerns and extraordinary operations
• Advisor in restructuring of businesses in crisis
• Certifier of recovery plans for businesses in crisis
• Auditor for due diligence on full financial reports and single accounts items, both standalone and prior to valuation
• Consultant in corporate finance, accounting and fiscal matters
• Arbitrator, mediator

Positions for Business Tribunal of Milan, Tribunal of Monza, Novara, Como and Chambers of Commerce:

• Judicial commissioner
• Expert in business valuation for official conferment, merger, transformation and merger with indebtedness
• Official court consultant, President of the Board of Consultants in the fields of corporate finance, accounting, going concern business valuations and extraordinary operations, in corporate and fiscal matters
• President of the Board of Arbitors
• Judicial official delegated to sale
• Official receiver
• Administrator, special administrator and administrator of unclaimed inheritance
• Administrator for over-indebtedness crisis 
• Expert in negotiated crisis settlement
   

Graduate in Business Economics, Bocconi University (1993); full qualification as chartered accountant (July 1993); PhD in Business, Economics & Management, Bocconi University (2000).