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Italy 2018

Energy and utilities

Isidoro Di Mella

General counsel – group credit manager | Unogas Energia

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Isidoro Di Mella

General counsel – group credit manager | Unogas Energia

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Isidoro Di Mella joined Unogas Energia as general counsel – group credit manager in 2012, after a distinguished career at financial corporations and in private practice specialising in corporate, commercial and insolvency law. Upon joining the energy conglomerate, Di Mella created the internal legal department from scratch, as well as a network of external lawyers that are supervised directly by the legal department. He describes this unusual tactic as ‘a bet, which turned out to be winning.’ Other than this restructuring, Di Mella has been busy with the group’s expansion activity which has seen a number of M&A agreements, something which he particularly enjoys. He says that, ‘the company, for which I am proud to work, is extremely dynamic and booming. Because of this, I had the opportunity to take care of several M&A projects, in a short time’. In particular, Di Mella worked on a merger that facilitated new growth in the credit sector of the business concentrated in the whole process from collection of credit, careful legal management and its recovery. New projects under his initiative, such as the creation of a customised management program, made this work possible. Additionally, Di Mella supervised the contractual and negotiating aspects related to the acquisition of the Geo group, Rettagliata Gas and Luce, of Broni Stradella Gas and ENG. He also supervised the corporate aspects related to the creation of two captive new companies, Uno In and Adempia. On his approach to leadership, Di Mella says that, he is ‘convinced that success is also linked to the working group we work with and the ability to stimulate our employees. I consider myself satisfied when I realise I have managed to get the best out of everyone. I think that enthusiasm and professionalism are contagious in the workplace and before claiming something from my collaborators, I claim from myself. This causes a virtuous circle [and] I work every day for this, and so far I think it [has] worked’.

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