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Paolo Abbondandolo – Internal Audit Director

Paolo holds a Degree in Business Administration at the Federico II University of Naples and continued his education with a Master’s in Business Administration and General Management at the SDOA.

After a brief experience in AnsaldoBreda SpA, he joined PwC Advisory where he worked for 8 years on Internal Audit, Risk Management and Compliance assignments for large clients (national, international, listed) by coordinating work teams in Italy and abroad.

He joined Cerved in March 2014 within the Internal Audit Function working on the function development according to international internal audit standards and in line with Corporate Governance best practices. He consolidates his experience and contributes to the achievement of important results connected to the strengthening of the control system, in particular the ISO 37001 Certification of Anti-Corruption Management System of the Cerved Group and the implementation of the Whistleblowing System of the Cerved Group. He obtained the qualification of Quality Assessor and Lead Auditor of Anti-Corruption Management Systems (ISO 37001).

In December 2019 he was appointed Head of Enterprise Risk Management of Cerved Group. In this role, he fosters, with an innovative/collaborative approach, the development of a pervasive risk management process within the Group based on quantitative methods and simple automation tools. In this role he continues to manage relations with all the corporate governance bodies of Cerved Group.

In 2022 he was nominated Internal Audit Director.