Speaker profile

After completing his degree in 1990 in economics with a specialization in finance, Alessandro Canta began his professional career in 1991 as cost controller for Esso Italiana S.p.A. In December 1993 he joined the finance department of Enel as winner of a contest for specialized resources in corporate finance. After having held various positions in financial operations, risk management and hedging activities, in December 2000 he become Head of Treasury and Capital Markets of the Enel Group and subsequently in August 2009 Head of Group Finance. He is Chairman of Enel Finance International S.A. member of the board of directors of Enel Factor, Enel Greenpower International B.V., Slovenske Elektrarne B.V.,Fopen (Employee’s Pension Fund) and Fisde. He is also member of the financial committee of Eufer and Galsi.

Corporate profile

Enel is Italy’s largest power company, and Europe’s second listed utility by installed capacity. It is an integrated player which produces, distributes and sells electricity and gas. After the acquisition of the Spanish utility Endesa, Enel is now present in 23 countries with a generating capacity of approximately 95,000 MW, serving about 61 million power and gas customers. Listed on the Milan stock exchange since 1999, Enel is the Italian company with the highest number of shareholders, some 1.2 million retail and institutional investors in 2008. Enel is strongly committed to the development of renewable energy sources and to the development of new environmental friendly technologies. On December 1st, 2008 Enel established Enel Green Power, the Group’s Company dedicated to developing and managing worldwide energy generation from renewable sources, operating over 5,700 MW in plants relying on hydro, wind, geothermal, solar, biomass and co-generation sources in Europe and the Americas.