CURRICULUM VITAE

PERSONAL

Name: Maria Cannata

Birth date: January 2nd 1954, Turin

Citizenship: Italian EDUCATION

1977 Degree in Mathematics, University of Rome “La Sapienza”. Final dissertation on stochastic calculation, supervisor prof. Bruno de Finetti.

1973 High school mathematical studies. PROFESSIONAL

2005 – to date Member of the Governance Group of the OECD-Italian Treasury Public Debt Management Network

2004 –to date She represents the Director General of the Treasury on the Board of CDP S.p.A.

2003 – to date Member of the Steering Group of OECD Working Group on Public Debt Management.

Dec 2000 – to date Director General of the Public Debt Directorate, Treasury Department, Italian Ministry of Economy and Finance.

1999 – to date Member of the EU Group of Government bills and bonds markets 1999 – Dec 2000 Head of Domestic Debt Division.

Project and development of the Public Debt web sitewww.tesoro.it/publicdebt.

1996 – 1998 Member of the National and European Committees in charge of the transition to Euro of the Italian Government bills and bonds market.

1994 – Dec 2000 Responsible for the management of the sinking fund and supervisor of the “Guide on the Italian Government bonds market”.

1994 – 2005 Responsible for the data concerning the procedure of control of excessive deficits.

1993 – 1999 Member of the Eurostat Group “Financial Accounts”, in charge of the update of the European Accounting System (now ESA 95).

1993 – Dec 2000 Involved in the reform of the secondary market for Italian Government bonds.

Responsible for the annual auction calendar and quarterly issuance program.

1992 – 1999 Director, analysis of domestic public debt and related financial markets.

1985 – 1992 Responsible for the monthly econometric forecasts on public sector borrowing requirements.

1985 – to date Member of the OECD Working Group on Public Debt management. Participation to several seminars and workshops on Public Debt management and Government bonds market.

1983 – Dec 2000 Involved in Public Debt Analysis. 1980 – 1983 Joined the Italian Treasury as analyst.

LANGUAGES
Fluent Italian (mother tongue) and French (Diplôme Supérieur de Langue Française, Ecole Internationale de Langue et de Civilisation Française).

English.