Milan, July 29, 2021 – Following the announcement of its plans to list its shares on the New York Stock Exchange later this year through the merger with a special purpose acquistion company sponsored by Investindustrial and listed on the NYSE, Ermenegildo Zegna Group announces the appointment of Francesca Di Pasquantonio as Investor Relations Director.

Francesca Di Pasquantonio is a well-known professional in the international financial community, with a remarkable career in equity research beginning in the early ‘90s at Merril Lynch International LTD, London and continuing at ING Barings, Milan and London in Corporate Finance, at BT Alex Brown in Milan and later at Unicredit Banca Mobiliare, Milan. Following this extensive experience she was appointed Managing Director and Head of Global Luxury Goods Equity Research at Deutsche Bank, in Milan, Mumbai and London, where she currently lives and works co-ordinating the global Luxury Goods Equity research coverage for the Bank. She will join Ermenegildo Zegna Group on September 1, 2021.