Board of Directors

Mr. Sala has served as the Executive Chair of the Board since January 2022. In June 2022, Mr. Sala was appointed CEO of De Agostini S.p.A., IGT’s controlling shareholder, after being appointed as Chairman of DeA Capital S.p.A in April 2022. Prior to this, he served as a member of the Board and CEO of the Company from April 2015 to January 2022, where he was responsible for overseeing the strategic direction of the Company. From April 2009 to April 2015, Mr. Sala served as CEO to GTECH S.p.A. (IGT’s predecessor and formerly known as Lottomatica Group S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A.). He joined Lottomatica as Co-General Manager in 2003 and served as a member of the Board. In August 2006, he was appointed Managing Director with responsibility for GTECH’s Italian Operations and other European activities.

Previously, he served as CEO of Buffetti, Italy’s leading office equipment and supply retail chain. Prior to Buffetti, Mr. Sala served as Head of the Business Directories Division for SEAT Pagine Gialle. Earlier in his career, he worked at Magneti Marelli (a Fiat Group company) and Kraft Foods.

Mr. Sala graduated from Bocconi University in Milan (Italy), majoring in Business and Economics.

Mr. McCann has served on the Board since the formation of the Company and is currently the Vice Chairperson, Lead Independent Director and is Chair of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. He is the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of 1-800- Flowers.com, Inc., having founded the company back in 1976.

Mr. McCann previously served on the Board of Amyris, Inc. from 2019 to 2024, where he chaired the Leadership Development, Inclusion and Compensation Committee and sat as a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. Mr. McCann also previously served as Chairman of the Nominating and Governance Committee of Willis Towers Watson until his retirement in May 2019, as well as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Willis Watson Towers from January 2016 to January 2019. Previously, he served as Director (2004-2015) and non-executive Chairman (2013-2015) of Willis Group Holdings PLC (“Willis Group”). Prior to serving as the non-executive Chair of the Board of Directors of Willis Group, he served as the company’s presiding independent director. He previously served as a director and compensation committee member of Lottomatica S.p.A. (IGT’s predecessor) from 2006-2011, and as a director of Gateway, Inc., The Boyds Collection, Ltd., and Scott’s Miracle-Gro.

Mr. Sadusky has served as CEO of IGT since January 2022. He has served on the Board since the formation of the Company, formerly as an independent non-executive director and Chair of the Audit Committee before transitioning to the CEO role. Prior to the formation of the Company, Mr. Sadusky served on the International Game Technology (IGT’s predecessor) Board of Directors from July 2010 to April 2015. He formerly served as Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Univision Communications Inc., the largest Hispanic media company in the U.S. He served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Media General, Inc., one of the U.S.’s largest owners of television stations, from December 2014 until January 2017, following the company’s merger with LIN Media LLC. Mr. Sadusky served as President and Chief Executive Officer of LIN Media LLC from 2006 to 2014. Prior to joining LIN Media LLC, he was Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer at Telemundo Communications, Inc. Mr. Sadusky formerly served on the Board of Directors of Hemisphere Media Group, Inc, the Paley Center for Media and the National Association of Broadcasters.

Mr. Sadusky earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Accounting from Pennsylvania State University where he was a University Scholar. He earned a Master of Business Administration degree from the New York Institute of Technology.

Mr. Chiara has served on the Board, and as Chief Financial Officer of the Company, since April 2020. Before joining the Company, Mr. Chiara served as Chief Financial Officer of CNH Industrial since September 2013. Max was also named the Chief Sustainability Officer at CNH Industrial in 2016, and he also served as head of Mergers & Acquisitions for CNH Industrial from 2017. Between 2009 and 2013, Mr. Chiara served in various positions with Fiat Chrysler Automobiles (and its predecessors) as Chief Financial Officer and Head of Business Development in Latin America, Vice President of Financial Planning and Analysis and Business Development Finance, VP Finance Brands and Marketing Controller, and served as Director of Business Development Finance for its engine business unit Fiat Powertrain between 2007 and 2009. Earlier in his career, Mr. Chiara held various managerial roles at Teksid Aluminum, PricewaterhouseCoopers, Robert Bosch, the Wuerth Group, and was a M&A financial analyst with Dresdner Kleinwort Benson.

Mr. Chiara graduated from the Luigi Bocconi University in Milan (Italy), with a degree in Business Administration Cum Laude, and has a CEMS Master’s degree in International Management from the Bocconi University (with the University of Cologne in Germany as host school). Mr. Chiara is NACD (National Association of Corporate Directors) Directorship Certified. Mr. Chiara also held the position of Chairman of the Italian Association of Corporate Treasurers (AITI) for the years 2004-2007.

Mr. Drago was appointed to the Board in March 2024. He previously served as CEO of IGT PlayDigital from September 2021 to March 2024, and Senior Vice President of PlayDigital from July 2018 to September 2021. During this time, he led a fast-growing and award-winning portfolio of digital gaming/lottery and sports betting products, platforms and services.

He has also served as Vice Chairman of De Agostini S.p.A., since June, 2021. Mr. Drago also has served as an advisor for Nina Capital, a leading European venture capital firm focused on health technology companies, since 2019.

Mr. Drago joined GTECH S.p.A. (IGT’s predecessor) in 2014 as Chief Operating Officer of a subsidiary entity. In 2017, he took on the role of Senior Vice President Global Interactive, Sports Betting and Licenses. Prior to joining GTECH, he led teams for Inditex Italia, which he joined through a leadership program for high-potential managers. Mr. Drago was selected as the Italy Chief Operating Officer for brands Bershka, Pull & Bear, Zara Home, Oysho, Stradivarius and Massimo Dutti and appointed as Inditex Italia Managing Director in 2011. Prior to his roles with Inditex Italia, Drago worked with Puig Beauty and Fashion. He graduated from IESE Business School with a Master of Business Administration and from Bocconi University with a Bachelor of Science, Business Administration.

Mr. Drago is son of Marco Drago, Non-executive Director, and step son-in-law to Lorenzo Pellicioli, Non-Executive Director.

Prof. Dessy has served on the Board since the formation of the Company in April 2015 and is a member of the Audit Committee and the Compensation Committee.
He taught at Bocconi University in Milan since 1979 and held for several years the MBA course in Business Valuation as a Professor of the Corporate Finance and Real Estate Department at SDA Bocconi School of Management. 
He also served at Bocconi as a Director of the Corporate Division, Associate Dean for Corporate Development and member of the Distinguished Faculty. 
After his retirement from Bocconi in 2023, he was appointed Senior Professor.
Prof. Dessy is also a chartered accountant specializing on corporate finance, with specific reference to the evaluation of companies, trademarks, equity and investments, financial structure, funding for development, and M&A in general. 
As a business valuation expert formerly registered with the Milan Tribunal and Chamber of Commerce, he advised on several lawsuits and disputes.
He served as a board member of several public and private companies, including Chiorino S.p.A., Redaelli Tecna S.p.A., Laika Caravans S.p.A., Premuda S.p.A., I.M.A. S.p.A., Milano Centro S.p.A., IGT’s predecessor GTECH S.p.A. and DeA Capital S.p.A., among others.
Prof. Dessy graduated magna cum laude from Bocconi University. 

Ms. Hunter was appointed to the Board in January 2022 and is a member of the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She has been a lecturer at the University of Texas at Austin School of Information since 2015, and is the founding partner of A. Hunter & Company, a leading risk management advisory firm. Previously, she was Managing Director of HM Risk Group LLC where she assisted many startups and corporations with alternative risk transfer schemes and reinsurance placement, globally. Under her leadership, HM Risk Group became a leader in the development of niche insurance products for the sharing and assistive reproductive technology industry. Prior to founding HM Risk Group in 2006, she worked in various claims and underwriting management positions for State Farm Insurance Companies, The Hartford Insurance Company and AIG Insurance Company. Ms. Hunter is an active member of the Professional Liability Underwriting Society, Women in Private Equity and The Waters Street Club. Ms. Hunter currently serves as a director for Affordable Central Texas, a Trustee for Zach Theatre, Fredericksburg Texas Zoning Board of Adjustment and a gubernatorial appointee for Motor Vehicle Crime Prevention Authority.

Ms. Hunter has a BM in Music Theory and Composition from Centenary College of Louisiana and a MBA in Finance from Texas A&M University. Ms. Hunter is also an accomplished concert violinist.

Prof. McGregor was appointed to the Board in March 2017 and is a member of the Audit Committee. She is the Vice Principal and Provost of Heriot-Watt University in Dubai, and previously served as the Executive Dean of the business school in Scotland. Her earlier career was in investment banking and she then spent 17 years as an entrepreneur leading her own executive search firm prior to her move into higher education.

Professor McGregor is an experienced writer and broadcaster, including writing for the Financial Times for 17 years. She is also the founder of the Taylor Bennett Foundation, which works to promote diversity in the communications industry, and a founding member of the steering committee of the 30% Club, which is working to raise the representation of women at senior levels within the U.K.’s publicly listed companies.

In 2021 Professor McGregor was one of the first two people at Heriot-Watt University to be named a Principal Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; in 2021 she was elected a Fellow of the Royal Society of Edinburgh. Professor McGregor was created a Dame Commander of the Order of the British Empire (DBE) in King Charles III’s 2023 New Year Honours List for her services to education, to business and to heritage in Scotland.

Professor McGregor is a Chartered Global Management Accountant (CGMA), holds a PhD from the University of Hong Kong in Structured Finance and an MBA from London Business School. She also graduated with a degree in Agricultural Economics & Marketing from Newcastle University.

Mr. Pellicioli has served on the Board since the formation of the Company in April 2015. He was Chair of the Board from November 2018 to January 2022, as well as the Vice Chair of the Board from April 2015 to November 2018. From August 2006 to the formation of the Company in April 2015, Mr. Pellicioli served as Chairman of the Board of Directors of GTECH S.p.A. (IGT’s predecessor and formerly known as Lottomatica Group S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A.). Mr. Pellicioli previously served as Chief Executive Officer of De Agostini S.p.A. since November 2005, where he retired from the position effective June 2022.

Mr. Pellicioli currently serves as Chairman of De Agostini S.p.A. and as a Director of Assicurazioni Generali, where he sits as a member of its Remuneration and Human Resources Committee and of the Investment Committee. Previously, he served as the first President and Chief Executive Officer of Costa Cruise Lines in Miami, a division of the Costa Crociere Group that operates in North America. He was then promoted to Worldwide General Manager of Costa Crociere S.p.A. From 2010 to 2011, Mr. Pellicioli served as Director of IDeA Alternative Investments S.p.A. and as Managing Director of DeA Factor S.p.A. He was also appointed President and Chief Executive Officer of the Compagnie Française de Croisières (Costa-Paquet), a subsidiary of Costa Crociere. Mr. Pellicioli took part in the privatization of SEAT Pagine Gialle and, after the acquisition, he was appointed Chief Executive Officer. Following the sale of SEAT, Mr. Pellicioli worked for the Telecom Italia Group as Head of the Internet Business Unit.

Earlier in his career, Mr. Pellicioli served as General Manager of Advertising Sales and Vice General Manager of Mondadori Periodici (magazines) for the Gruppo Mondadori Espresso, the first Italian publishing group. He was promoted to President and Chief Executive Officer of Manzoni & C. S.p.A., an advertising division of the Group. He has also held various positions in the private sector of Italian television for Manzoni Pubblicità, Publikompass, and he was appointed the President of Bergamo TV Programmes after starting his career as a journalist for the newspaper Giornale Di Bergamo. Since 2006, he has been a member of the Clinton Global Initiative. He is also a member of the advisory boards of Investitori Associati IV, Wisequity II e Macchine Italia and Palamon Capital Partners. Mr. Pellicioli served as Chair of the Board of Directors of DeA Capital, as well as a Director of Banijay Group SAS and LDH SAS.

Mr. Pellicioli is step-father-in-law to Enrico Drago, CEO, PlayDigital, and parent-in-law with Marco Drago, Non-Executive Director.

Ms. Pinelli was appointed to the Board in January 2022 and is Chair of the Audit Committee. She is CEO of Strategic Growth Advisors, LLC and a global C-suite executive who currently serves as a member of the Board of Directors and the Audit Committee for Globant S.A., and as a member of the Board of Directors, Chair of the Audit Committee, and a member of the Compensation Committee for Archer Aviation, Inc. From 2020-2022, Ms. Pinelli served as a board director and Chair of the Audit Committee for Clarim Acquisition Corporation. She served in a variety of leadership roles at Ernst & Young (EY) from October 1986 to November 2020, including consumer products and retail leader, technology leader, global vice chair – strategic growth markets, global IPO leader, and Americas leader – strategic growth markets. In her role as an advisor at EY, she successfully led more than 20 initial public offerings in four different countries and more than 25 merger and acquisition transactions worldwide and testified before the U.S. House Financial Services Committee on the state of the capital markets. Her experience includes strategic transactions and due diligence advice, Sarbanes-Oxley implementation and stakeholder management. She has served as an advisor to some of the world’s most iconic e-commerce, consumer products, and retail brands. Recipient of several awards, she was recognized as one of the Square Mile's most inspiring Power 100 Women which highlights the talkers, the thinkers, the women influencing policy and changing the way the City of London thinks.

Ms. Pinelli is a Chartered Accountant and holds a Bachelor of Commerce from McMaster University in Hamilton, Ontario (Canada) and has completed executive education at Harvard Business School and The Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University.

Dr. Ravich was appointed to the Board in July 2019 and is a member of the Compensation Committee and the Nominating and Corporate Governance Committee. She is a defense and intelligence policy and tech entrepreneur and the Chair of the Center on Cyber and Technology Innovation at the Foundation for Defense of Democracies and its Transformative Cyber Innovation Lab. She was formerly the Vice Chair of the President’s Intelligence Advisory Board; a Commissioner on the Congressionally-mandated Cyberspace Solarium Commission; and a member of the Secretary of Energy’s Advisory Board. Dr. Ravich is also a managing partner at A2P, LLC, a technology company that focuses on advanced advertising techniques, and a Board Governor at the Gemological Institute of America, where she sits on the Audit and R&D/Lab Committee. She was appointed to the Board of NDX Management, LLC in 2022. Previously, she was the Republican Co-Chair of the Congressionally-mandated National Commission for Review of Research and Development Programs in the United States Intelligence Community and served as Deputy National Security Advisor for Vice President Cheney.

Dr. Ravich received her Ph.D. in Policy Analysis from the RAND Graduate School and her MCP/BSE from The Wharton School, University of Pennsylvania and is a member of the Council on Foreign Relations and the National Association of Corporate Directors.

Mr. Tondato Da Ruos has served on the Board since the formation of the Company and is Chair of the Compensation Committee. From 2006 to the formation of the Company, Mr. Tondato Da Ruos served as a Lead Independent Director of GTECH S.p.A. (IGT’s predecessor and formerly known as Lottomatica Group S.p.A. and Lottomatica S.p.A.). Mr. Tondato Da Ruos served as the Chief Executive Officer of Autogrill S.p.A. from April 2003 to February 2023. He joined Autogrill Group in 2000 and moved to the United States to manage the integration of the North American subsidiary HMSHost and successfully implemented a strategic refocusing on concessions and diversification into new business sectors, distribution channels, and geographies.

Mr. Tondato Da Ruos currently sits on the advisory board of Rabobank (Hollande) and on the strategic advisory board of Planet Farms Holding S.p.A. (Italy). He was previously Chairman of HMSHost Corporation, Autogrill Italia S.p.A. and Autogrill Europe S.p.A., and he served as a director of Autogrill S.p.A. from March 2003 to February 2023. Mr. Tondato Da Ruos was also Chairman of World Duty Free S.p.A. and a director of World Duty Free Group S.A.U.

Mr. Tondato Da Ruos graduated with a degree in economics from Ca’Foscari University of Venice (Italy).