Born on July 29 1951 in Alzano Lombardo (BG).
Married, three children. He lives in Paris.

He starts his career as a journalist for the newspaper Giornale Di Bergamo and afterwards he becomes Bergamo TV Programmes Vice President.

From 1978 to 1984, he holds different posts in the sector of the Italian private television for Manzoni Pubblicità, Publikompass up to his nomination as Rete4 General Manager.

In 1984, he enters the Gruppo Mondadori, the first Italian publishing group.
He is initially appointed General Manager for Advertising Sales and Mondadori Periodici (magazines) Vice General Manager and afterwards President and CEO of Manzoni & C. S.p.A, advertising rep of the Group.

From 1990 to 1997, he is appointed first President and CEO of Costa Cruise Lines in Miami, being part of Costa Crociere Group operating in the North American market (USA, Canada and Mexico) and then he becomes Worldwide General Manager of Costa Crociere S.p.A., based in Genoa.
From 1995 to 1997 he is also appointed President and CEO of the Compagnie Française de Croisières (Costa-Paquet), the Paris-based subsidiary of Costa Crociere.

As from 1997, he takes part to the privatisation of SEAT Pagine Gialle purchased by a group of financial investors.
After the acquisition he is appointed CEO of SEAT.

In February 2000, he is also in charge of the “Internet Business Unit” of the Telecom Italia Group following on the selling of SEAT.
In September 2001, falling the acquisition of Telecom Italia by the Pirelli Group, he resigns.

As from November 2005 he is CEO of the De Agostini Group, an Italian financial group with ownership in the publishing sector (De Agostini Editore), games and lotteries (Lottomatica/ GTECH), media and communications (Antena Tres–Spanish Television Leader, Magnolia-Italian television production company, Mikado film industry company), in the financial investments (DeA Capital).

He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Lottomatica, Chairman of the Board of Directors of DeA Capital, companies listed in the Milan stock market, Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Générale de Santé and he is member of the Executive Committee and Board of Directors of Assicurazioni Generali S.p.A.

He is also member of the Advisory Boards of Investitori Associati IV, Wisequity II, Macchine Italia and Palamon Capital Partners. From 2006 he is member of the Global Clinton Iniziative.

He was formerly also a member of the boards of directors of Enel, INA-Assitalia and Toro Assicurazioni and of the Advisory Board of Lehman Brothers Merchant Banking.

Born in 1959 in Milan, where he graduated in Business and Economics at Bocconi University.

He joined Kraft in 1985, holding various roles in the Marketing Department. In 1993 he was appointed Marketing Director of the Fresh Food Division, and two years later was given the role of Sales Director in the same division.

In1997 he joined Magneti Marelli (a Fiat Group company) as Head of the Spare Parts Division. Two years later he also became Head of the Lubricants Division.

In April 2001 he joined SEAT Pagine Gialle as Head of the Italian Business Directories Division.

In November he became Head of the entire Business Directories area with responsibility for a number of international companies such as Thomson (Great Britain), Euredit (France) and Kompass (Italy).

After a brief period as Managing Director of Buffetti, in March 2003 he joined Lottomatica in the role of Chief Executive and Member of the Board.

Following Lottomatica’s takeover of GTECH, leading international supplier of technologies for games and services, in August 2006 he was appointed Managing Director of Lottomatica S.p.A. with responsibility over European activities and, since April 2009, he is Managing Director and CEO of Lottomatica Group S.p.A.

As President and CEO of GTECH Corporation, Jaymin Patel is responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the Company.

He works directly with GTECH's and Lottomatica's management teams to execute the Company's vision in the continuous effort to deliver value to its customers, shareholders, and employees.

In May 2007, Patel was named President and Chief Operating Officer of GTECH, and was appointed a member of the Lottomatica Board of Directors in November 2007.

As President and Chief Operating Officer of GTECH, Patel was responsible for managing the Company's operational functions and ensuring that the Company met its corporate objectives and revenue-growth goals.

Working with all GTECH operations, Patel managed the development of strategic growth opportunities and the enhancement of technological solutions to strengthen operational efficiency, customer satisfaction, market penetration, and organizational development.

Patel joined GTECH in July of 1994, after approximately five years with PricewaterhouseCoopers in London.

Since then, he has had a series of increasingly responsible financial positions within the Company, including Finance Director of GTECH's European and African Operations and Vice President of Financial Planning & Business Evaluation.

From January 2000 to April 2007, Patel served as Senior Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of GTECH Corporation, and from August 2006 to April 2007, he also served as Chief Financial Officer of Lottomatica S.p.A.

During his seven years as Chief Financial Officer of GTECH, Patel was instrumental in driving growth across the business, leading several mergers and acquisitions, cost optimization initiatives, and substantially improving the capital efficiency of the Company.

Patel's tenure as the Chief Financial Officer culminated in his leading the cross-border financing for the Lottomatica acquisition of GTECH.

Patel holds a BA (honors) degree from Birmingham Polytechnic (UK), and qualified as a Chartered Accountant with PricewaterhouseCoopers, London.

Born in Novara on 21 November 1957, Pietro Boroli graduated in Political Science at Pavia University.

In 1979, he started to work with the De Agostini Geographic Institute. From 1981 to 1983, he was assistant to the Managing Director, Marco Drago.

In 1984 he was appointed Advertising Manager, in 1985 Sales Director for Magazines and Collections and, in 1990, Collectables Division Manager, coordinating activities both on the Italian and foreign markets.

From 1993, he was Managing Director of the De Agostini Geographic Institute.

In 1999, he was appointed CEO and Vice Chairman of the De Agostini Geographic Institute and, since 2003, has been Chairman of 'De Agostini Editore', the publishing sub-holding.

He is Vice Chairman and a member of the Executive Committee of De Agostini S.p.A, the Group holding company and holds various other positions within the Group companies, such as Chairman of De Agostini Magazines and UTET, Director of Lottomatica, Mikado, Magnolia and Zodiak Entertainment.

He is a member of the Italian Newspaper Editor/Publisher Federation (FIEG) Committee and Chairman of the Delegation of magazine publishers of mid-size firms, Chairman of the SGP Publishing house which controls the 'Corriere di Novara', and a member of the Board of Directors of Armando Testa S.p.A., Venchi S.p.A. and of Banzai S.p.A.

Born in Turin in 1955, he gained his professional experience inside the Agnelli Group, holding from 1979 positions of increasing importance at Fiat S.p.A. (Internal Auditing and Finance) and in the Financial Services Sector (Planning, Credit and Control) and subsequently assuming the position of Head of Strategic Planning and Development of Ifil.

After assuming responsibility for the internet B2C sector of Fiat/Ifil in 1999 as CEO/General Manager of CiaoHolding and CiaoWeb, he was appointed CEO and General Manager of GlobalValue SpA, a Fiat/IBM joint venture in the Information Technology sector.

Since 2004, he has been General Manager of De Agostini, the holding company of the De Agostini Group.

In 2007 he was appointed Managing Director of DeA Capital.

He is a member of the Board of Directors of De Agostini Editore, De Agostini Communications, Lottomatica, Zodiak Entertainment, Generale de Sante, Migros Turk and other companies.

Marco Drago has been the Chairman of De Agostini SpA, the holding company of the De Agostini Group, one of Italy's largest family-run groups, since 1997.

During this time he has steered the company through a crucial evolutionary phase.

As Chief Executive Officer of the Editorial Group during the 80s and 90s he was the driving force behind the exceptional growth in Italy and especially abroad.

Since 2000, as part of a diversification strategy, he has led the Group's expansion in the lottery, games and services sector with Lottomatica – GTECH; in the media and communications sector with Antena 3 de Television in Spain (with the Planeta Group) and Mikado Film and Magnolia in Italy; in the insurance sector with Toro, later sold to the Generali Group; and in the finance sector with DeA Capital.

Since October 2006 he has been Chairman of the Board of Partners of B&D Holding di Marco Drago and C. S.a.p.a., a family limited partnership created to ensure cohesion in share ownership, consistency of intent and continuity in decision making over the long term.

He is also Vice President of the De Agostini Planeta Group, and a Director of Antena 3 de Television, Lottomatica – GTECH, DeA Capital, De Agostini Editore, Editions Atlas (France) and S. Faustin (Techint Group).

Born in Settimo Torinese, in the province of Turin, in 1946, he graduated in Economics and Business from the Università Bocconi in Milan in 1969.

That same year his career in the family company began when he joined the De Agostini Geographical Institute. Following appointments as Executive Officer and Managing Director, he then replaced Achille Boroli as Chairman of De Agostini SpA.

In 1970 he married Donata Morandi and they have three children: Enrico and Nicola, both graduates in Economics from the Università Bocconi and Marcella, a graduate in Modern Literature.

Born in Biella on October 21, 1050, he is currently professor of Business Management at the Bocconi University of Milan and Director of Economics for the Arts, Culture and Communication Department.

He has been Pro-rector of International Relations (1997-2000) and Chairman of the Corporate Management School (2003-2006).

Currently he is Vice-Chairman of Ned Community, a community of non-executive directors, as well as member of the Board of Arbitrators of AGIS, Associazione Generale dell’Industra dello Spettacolo, Rome.

Among the most offices held he is a member of the Board of Directors of Lottomatica, Medicontech, Lombarda & Associati, Accademia Teatro alla Scala, Fondazione U idea- Unicredito, as well as Chairman of Mikado Film, Magnolia and of Film Investimenti Piemonte.

He has been a Director of Lottomatica since 2006.

A business economics graduate from the Università Ca’ Foscari in Venice. His most significant experience is in human resources and organization, first in Mondadori Group and then in various companies in the Benetton Group, where he’s worked since 1987.

He joined Autogrill Group in 2000 as vice chairman and chief administrative officer, later becoming chairman and CEO.

He moved to the United States and engineered the integration of the newly acquired HMSHost Corp. (former catering division of Host Marriott) and successfully boosted its operating efficiency.

In 2003 he returned to Italy and was appointed Managing Director of Autogrill. In this role he developed a strategic plan for the growth and the internationalization of the group, that became the first world operator in restoration and retail for those travelling.

He is also a Director of Aldeasa S.A., and of Alpha Group Plc. (UK).

Alberto Dessy, is an independent member of the board of directors of Lottomatica Group S.p.A. as from 2011.

A professional accountant specialised on corporate finance and in particular in the "valuation of companies, trademarks, shareholdings and investments", in "financial structure, financing channels and instruments and development finance", and in "acquisitions and transfers of companies". He has acted as and acts as a court-appointed expert (CTU, Consulente Tecnico d'Ufficio) or party-appointed expert (CTP, Consulente Tecnico di Parte) in various disputes.

He has served or continues to serve as member of the Board of Directors of numerous companies, both listed and private companies, such as Redaelli Tecna S.p.A. with registered offices in Milan, Laika Caravans S.p.A. with registered offices in Tavarnelle Val di Pesa (Florence), Premuda S.p.A with registered offices in Genoa, I.M.A. with registered offices in Castenaso (Bologna), Milano Centro S.p.A. with registered offices in Milan, DeA Capital S.p.A. with registered offices in Milan and Lottomatica Group S.p.A. with registered offices in Rome, since 2011.