Work Service’s Management and the Supervisory Boards

Management Board:

Iwona Szmitkowska

President of the Management Board

Recognised by Staffing Industry Analysts as one of the 100 most influential women in the global HR sector (2016, 2017, 2019, 2020). She has long experience in many business areas.

Began her professional path in the promotion and media sector. In 2003 she started her journey working in the personal services sector and Work Service S.A., where in the beginning she was the Head of the branch in Bydgoszcz, fulfilling the role of a Regional Director and Proxy. In 2013 she became a Vice President of the Management Board with responsibility for the Division of Operations & HR, and in 2019 she became a President of the Management Board of Work Service S.A. She held this function until August 20, 2020. She is also a Vice President of the Management Board of Finance Care Sp. z o.o. and Work Service SPV Sp. z o.o., as well as a President of the Work Service Foundation. Since 2017 she has served as the President of the Management Board of the Association of Employment Agencies, the largest organisation in Poland associating agencies providing broadly understood HR services.

Completed the French-Polish postgraduate management studies at the University of Poznań and Rennes, as well as the IESE Business School’s program in Barcelona. She also graduated from the Gdynia Maritime University and the UTP University of Science and Technology in Bydgoszcz, with a specialization in Marketing and Management.

Paolo Caramello

Vice President

Has more than 20 years of experience in HR services. From 1st of January 2021 he become Regional Head for Central Europe (Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Hungary), Before, since 2019, he has been a Regional Head for Western Europe (France, the Netherlands, Germany, the UK) at Gi Group, being responsible for defining and implementing strategies, as well as achieving business goals in all Group Companies: Gi Group, Wyser, Grafton, Marks Sattin, Gi Group BPO, Intoo, Tack Tmi. He worked as International Practice Temp & Perm Senior Director at Gi Group from 2016 to 2018 and was responsible for HR operations in 24 countries, as well as for the definition of a Global Business Model supporting the business development at country level. Before joining Gi Group, he held key management positions for 16 years at Adecco Italy, including working as Business Line Industrial Director, Operation Manager, Eastern Europe Development Manager and General Director at Adecco Poland. He is a graduate of the Turin University,  and attended several trainings in SDA Bocconi School and London School of Economics. 

Nicola Dell’Edera

Vice President

Nicola Dell’Edera is currently the Global Finance Director of Gi Group. During 1990-1999 he was employed in the Banco di Roma, Department of Corporate Finance and Credit, as well as in the New York branch. Then, from 1999 to 2008 he had been working at the Natuzzi Group (furniture industry) as a Finance Director; he also managed investor relations. Member of the Board of Directors of many Subsidiaries. In the period from 2008 to 2010 he was professionally connected with Unopiù SpA (furniture industry) as a Finance and HR Director, IT Director. He represented the private fund Synergo Sgr also being on the Board of Directors. The next three years (2010-2013), Nicola Dell’Edera was working at the Matarrese Group (infrastructure) as a Finance and HR Director, IT Director; and then (2013-2017) at Alitalia SpA as a Vice President for Finance, Planning and Control (from 2015). Member of the Procurement Council, member of the Global Treasury IATA Board. In the period from 2017 to 2019 he was a co-founder of Valuetree, an Italian boutique of strategic and financial consulting.

In addition, Nicola Dell’Edera is a lecturer at various masters and a former professor of international finance at the University of Salento. He is also a publisher of articles and books in the field of accounting, finance, planning and control. Nicola Dell’Edera Graduated in Economics at Bocconi University in Milan.

Maurizio Uboldi

Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Entrepreneur and manager in the 90s with companies in China, in UK and in the Czech Republic in the tech-textile industry. Since 1998 engaged in the HR industry as co-founder and director of Cronos Spa (then acquired by FIAT group). With GI Group since 2006 as Executive Director and Head of the International Business and M&A leading the expansion of the group abroad. Now in charge of the M&A activities for GI Group globally with a consistent number of acquisitions completed over the years. Degree in Business Administration - Bocconi University Milan. Alumni of the London Business School.  

Dario Dell’Osa

Deputy Chairman of the Supervisory Board

Dario Dell’Osa is a Business Lawyer specialized in Corporate Law and M&A, Compliance, Commercial Contracts, National and international Tenders, Intellectual Property (trademarks), Privacy law (GDPR) and Group Internationalization. 

Dell’Osa’s legal career began at an Italian boutique law firm before completing his LLM with a specialist in-house focus, which helped him make a seamless transition into an in-house position.

Prior to Gi Group, Dell’Osa was for 8 years Legal Affairs Senior Manager of Cirsa, the leading multinational in the gaming and leisure sector in Spain and in Latin America with 14.800 employee. Previously he served for others 4 years in Key Legal roles in US and Dutch Multinational Companies (Owens-Illinois, TMF Group).

Since 2015 he has been Global Legal Affairs Director at GI Group. In his role, he also manages a number of major international transactions, deals and important litigations for the company. He has also been overseeing the implementation of all GDPR regulation policies.

In his time at the company, Dell’Osa has also implemented new legal and compliance policies, tenders for legal services, team building meetings and frequent legal training to increase speed and quality of legal service to the Group.

This challenging experience, as well as an entire career of working with and leading legal teams has developed a range of skills which has seen Dell’Osa become one of the most outstanding in-house counsel in Italy. Starting From 2018 Dell’Osa was included in the “Legal500” General Counsels Power list.

Dario Dell’Osa is currently the General Counsel of Gi Group S.p.a.

Davide Toso

Member of the Supervisory Board

Davide Toso is currently the Global Corporate Affairs and Compliance Director of Gi Group S.p.A. – Italy.

During 1990-2000, he was employed as Contract Manager in a company belonging to the Finmeccanica Group, a Business Unit of the Avionics and Equipment Division of Alenia Difesa, now Leonardo-Finmeccanica.

In 2000 he joined Gi Group as Executive - Head of the Italian Legal and Corporate Affairs function.

From 2008 to 2016 he has been member of the Supervisory Board of Gi Group.

Since 2015 he is in charge of the Global Corporate Affairs and Compliance function.

He is company secretary and member of the Board of Directors of Gi Group Holding S.r.l., Gi Group S.p.A. and many Italian and foreign subsidiaries belonging to the Group.

He attended Bocconi University and the faculty of political science at University of Milan La Statale.

Federica Polo

Member of the Supervisory Board

Federica Polo currently covers the roles of Head of Board Staff and of CEO Senior Assistant for Gi Group’s Holding Company. She is part of the Group Strategic Committee, the Global Steering Committee, and the Management Board of Country Italy and of Gi Group S.p.A.

She is the point of contact between the CEO office and the Senior Directors in charge of all functions, businesses and countries. As Head of Board Staff, she leads the team in charge of assisting the Directors of the International Board, the Italian Board and the Holding.

She joined Gi Group in 2010 as International Operations Manager reporting to the Head of International Business. In this role she supported acquisitions, development of partnerships, as well as coordinated activities of the foreign country entities.

Prior to Gi Group, she has worked for more than 15 years in the Financial Industry as wealth manager for Euroconsult, Citibank and Banca Euromobiliare.

Federica is a graduate of “Università Cattolica del Sacro Cuore” in Milan, with a specialisation in Foreign Languages and Literatures.

Francesca Garofolo

Member of the Supervisory Board

Currently employed as Board Assistant for Gi Group S.p.A, Francesca Garofolo provides full support to the Global Business team acting as one of the main point of contact both internally (Senior Management and Country Managers) and externally (Business Partners).

She joined Gi Group S.p.A. in 2017 as Personal Assistant to the Head of International Business reporting directly to him, providing back office and administrative support to the group as well. Since 2019 she supports the Head of M&A and the legal office on acquisition projects. In 2020 she has completed the implementation and renewal of the Board of Directors of the 128 Gi Group legal entities present worldwide.

Prior to Gi Group S.p.A., she worked as German teacher for Franky Studio, keeping classes for both entry and intermediate level.  She graduated in Language Mediation and Intercultural Communication at University of Milan La Statale.

Maria Luisa Cammarata

Member of the Supervisory Board

Maria Luisa Cammarata has over 18 years of experience communicating, developing strategies, and exercising leadership. As the Global HR Senior Director of GI Group, one of the world’s leading staffing multinational with a global turnover of  EUR 2.6 billion, Cammarata oversees the Group’s HR management strategy, defines the types of profiles required, and lays the methods of attracting, retaining, and making them grow coordinating local HR managers and integrating different geographical, cultural and organisational identities.

This year, amid the COVID-19 crisis, Cammarata and her team launched its Global Survey, which confirmed that its people recognize the organization as being supportive as well as a place where they can unleash their full potential.

Donato Di Gilio

Member of the Supervisory Board

Donato is a graduate of Milan University’s Law Department. He has been working in Poland since 1992, founding Core Sp z o.o. in 1994. Donato was the co-founder of the Italian Chamber of Industry and Commerce in Poland in 1996. He held the position of the President of the Chamber between 2009-2013 and its Vice President and Member of the Board of Advisers from September 2015 to September 2017 and  from 24^th September 2020 up today .

In addition to his consulting activities in Core sp z o.o. Donato is Chairman of Mayenne sp z o.o. (Węgrów) , Chairman of Cromodora Wheels sp z o.o. ( Warsaw ) , Member of the Board of Union Industries Polska sp z o.o. (Radomsko).

Donato deals primarily in M&A and Business Development services, and has successfully assisted more than 300 companies (large and SMEs) in the process of investment in Poland. Besides being a native speaker of Italian, Donato speaks also Polish, English and French.

Managing Partner. President of the Board and C.E.O.

Marcus Preston

Member of the Supervisory Board

Higher education, University College London - major in Electrical and Electronic Engineering. British Royal Navy officer. Consultant at the Polish Ministry of Ownership Transformations 1993 - 1994 and advisor to investment banks in Poland 1994 to 2001 (Salomon Brothers and Morgan Stanley).

Many years of experience as an interim manager and advisor in restructuring projects in various industries and regions of Poland.

The most important restructuring roles:

• Carcade SA - Management Board Representative

• Stolarka Wołomin SA - President of the Management Board

• Grupa Biatel SA - Member of the Supervisory Board

• Miś sp. z oo - President of the Management Board

• Netbud sp. z o.o. – President of the Management Board

• Biomed Lublin SA - Member of the Management Board for Restructuring

• Małpka SA w Restrukturyzacji - President of the Management Board (currently)

 Languages ​​- English. Polish - fluent

Luca Fortunato

Member of the Supervisory Board

Luca currently employed in the Corporate & Compliance department of Gi Group S.p.A., providing support in the management of the corporate affairs of Gi Group and of the Italian and foreign subsidiaries and in the management of the system of power of attorney and proxy of the Group companies.

He joined Gi Group S.p.A. in 2018 as Corporate & Compliance Specialist, directly reporting to Global Corporate Affairs and Compliance Director. In this role he was involved in the corporate management of extraordinary intra-group transactions and was part of the company’s privacy team.

Prior to Gi Group, he has worked for important law firms and specialized in corporate law, commercial law and privacy law (GDPR).

He graduated in Law at University of Milan “La Statale”.