Francesca De Santis

Francesca De Santis is an accomplished professional with extensive experience in Governance, Risk Management, and Compliance (GRC).

Currently, Francesca is responsible for the GRC function at Granarolo Group, overseeing Insurance Risk Management, Internal Audit, corporate governance, M&A, compliance, and regulatory matters.

She serves as a member of the Supervisory Board ('Organismo di Vigilanza') of Granarolo S.p.A. and other companies within the Group in compliance with Italian law 231.

Francesca holds an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, obtained in 2004. Prior to joining Granarolo, she spent 7 years at Ernst & Young, where she transitioned from external auditing to risk services consultancy, gaining expertise in financial and operational auditing.

During her time at Ernst & Young, she was involved in various M&A projects, including business valuations, due diligence, and agreed upon procedures engagements.

Francesca specializes in Corporate Governance, Risk Management, Internal Audit, Financial and Management Accounting, Business and Financial Process Risk Assessment, SOX 404, Italian law 231, and Italian law 262.

Her educational background includes a Master breve in diritto societario from Wolters Kluwer Italia Srl - Altalex Formazione, an MBA from the Edinburgh Business School, and a degree in Economics with honors from the Universit\u00e0 di Bologna.