Alessandra Faella has twenty years of international experience in the energy, industrial and infrastructure sectors, with a strong focus on strategy, corporate governance, business transformation and sustainability. She holds a double degree with honors in Economics and Innovation and in General Management from Bocconi University and has completed exchange programs at ESADE Business School (Spain) and Chalmers Polytechnic (Sweden). She also holds an Executive Master in Digital Transformation from Politecnico di Milano. She holds corporate governance certifications such as: Board Academy from LUISS, The Effective Board from NED Community and AIDC, Women on Board from Federmanager and AIDP. She is Chartered Accountant (qualified in Italy as Dottore Commercialista), and Innovation Manager (certified by the Italian Ministry of Development). She began her career in marketing and communications, working with L’Oréal and Richemont in Italy and Switzerland. She then joined Accenture as a Digital Consultant, contributing to the digitalization of financial processes for Benetton Japan. In the same year, she moved to Henkel Italy as a Key Account Manager, managing a portfolio of over 100 clients and driving significant growth. From 2007 to 2011, she was a Senior Consultant at Bain & Company, supporting top management of leading industrial companies in the design of strategic plans and large-scale transformation initiatives. In 2011, she joined General Electric Oil & Gas, where she held managerial positions in marketing, integration and supply chain, leading global teams across Italy and the United States. Since 2016, she has continued her career at GE-Baker Hughes, first as Global Sales & Operations Planning Leader and, since 2020, as Global Aftermarket Sales Director for the valves division (Dresser Italia), overseeing worldwide aftermarket sales and strategy development. From 2020 to 2023, she served as an independent member of the Board of Directors of Terna S.p.A. (the Italian Transmission System Operator), actively contributing to the Control, Risk and Sustainability Committee and the Remuneration Committee. She is a member of professional associations including the NED Community and Federmanager and supports volunteer initiatives such as Dynamo Camp and the Houston Food Bank.