Prof. Massimo Livatino
Senior partner
Chartered Accountant - Albo di Parma: n. 373A
Chartered Auditor - Registro n. 32419
Graduated in Economia e Commercio - Università di Parma
Areas of expertise
Lecturer and researcher at the Department of Accounting, Bocconi University, for the teaching of "Corporate Auditing (three-year course)", "Advanced Corporate Auditing (two-year course)", "External Audit", "Internal Audit, Risk and Corporate Compliance" and "Enterprise Risk Management" (Master in Accounting, Auditing & Control). Senior lecturer at SDA Bocconi on internal control and risk management topics (Executive Master in Finance, catalogue and contract courses). Scientific head of the Auditing Observatory and co-director of SDA Bocconi's ERM Lab.
He is one of the founders of Athena, where he mainly works in the areas of Risks & Controls and Accounting & Business Plans, with a focus on the development and monitoring of Internal Control and Risk Management Systems, also pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/01.
Positions
He holds numerous positions, including in listed companies. He is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Emak. He is chairman or member of numerous Boards of Statutory Auditors (including 3M Italia, Loro Piana and Sanofi). He is chairman or member of numerous Supervisory Boards (including Bonatti, Chiesi Italia, Humanitas, Interpump Group, Istituto Auxologico and various companies of the Parmalat Group). He was chairman of the Supervisory Boards of all the Italian companies of the Coesia Group, a bank and several public companies.
Publication
Author of several publications and speaker at numerous conferences on financial statements, auditing, internal auditing, corporate governance, corporate responsibility pursuant to Legislative Decree 231/01, risk assessment and risk management. Among his most recent publications, also with other authors: "Auditing. Principles, methodologies and applications', 2022; 'Lights and shadows of Enterprise Risk Management in Italy', 2016; 'Towards a new methodology in audits of the Board of Statutory Auditors. From Compliance Orientation to Risk Management', 2016; 'Preventing Corruption in the Public Sector', 2015; 'The Evolution from Risk Manager to Chief Risk Officer', 2013; 'Auditing Principles and Methodologies', 2012; 'Auditing. The Operational Handbook for Statutory Auditing', 2010; 'Enterprise Risk Management, from control governance to risk sustainability', 2006; 'The institutional arrangements of enterprises. A contingency approach', 2005.
