Corporate Governance

Chairman

Daniel Giunti is Chairman of the Board of Directors of Giunti Psychometrics. He began his professional career at Giunti Editore in 1994, holding positions across different areas of the company and gaining broad experience of its operations. He has served as President of Giunti Psychometrics since 2018.

A clinical and health psychologist, he holds a Master’s Degree in Clinical and Health Psychology from the University of Florence and a specialization in interpersonal-oriented analytical psychotherapy. In 2012, he founded the Centro Integrato di Sessuologia “Il Ponte” in Florence, a multidisciplinary centre dedicated to clinical practice, research and professional training. He is also the creator and Scientific Director of the Master’s Programme in Clinical Sexology, founder of miosessuologo.it and Scientific Director of the International Conference on Sexology, ICONSEX. He has lectured at the University of Florence and other specialist institutions and has authored scientific articles and books in the field of sexology.

Chief Executive Officer and Board Member

José Henrique Machado Sales Grade is Chief Executive Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Giunti Psychometrics. Since joining the company in 2004, he has led its transformation from an Italian product-focused business into an international organization combining psychometric assessment, professional training, technology and specialized services. Under his leadership, the company has expanded across Europe, Latin America and other international markets through both organic growth and acquisitions.

He has also served as President of Giunti Labs, as a member of the Investment Board of HAT Holding and as a Board Member of TECNA S.p.A. He began his career in management consulting at Accenture and Deloitte, working internationally on corporate strategy, organizational transformation, process design and large-scale technology implementation projects.

He holds a Master of Science in Mechanical Engineering from Instituto Superior Técnico in Lisbon and pursued part of his academic studies at the University of Glasgow and the University of Genoa.

Board Member

Sergio Giunti is a member of the Board of Directors of Giunti Psychometrics and Chairman of Giunti Editore, one of Italy’s leading publishing groups. Throughout his career, he has guided the development and diversification of the family-owned business, building on a publishing tradition that dates back to 1841.

Under his leadership, Giunti Editore expanded its activities across general, educational and children’s publishing, developed an integrated publishing and distribution model, and established Giunti al Punto as Italy’s largest directly owned bookstore network. He also led a number of strategic acquisitions and partnerships, including Bompiani and publishing activities associated with Disney, Marvel and Lucas, while supporting the company’s international and digital development.

Appointed Cavaliere del Lavoro in 2000, he also serves as Chairman of the Fondazione Renato Giunti. Since 2023, while operational management has passed to the fourth generation of the family, he has continued to serve as Chairman of Giunti Editore.

Francesco D’Angelo is an attorney admitted to practice before the Italian Supreme Court and Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Florence. He is a founding partner of the Tombari D’Angelo Law Firm, which has offices in Milan, Florence, and Bologna.

Throughout his professional and academic career, he has developed extensive and widely recognized expertise in commercial, corporate, and business law. In addition to his university teaching, he lectures in graduate programs, seminars, and advanced professional training courses.

He is the author of several academic publications in the field of commercial law and is regularly invited to speak at conferences and professional events. He has also served as a member of corporate boards of directors and boards of statutory auditors.

Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and Board Member

Arturo Cervera Duart is Chief Operating Officer, Chief Financial Officer and a member of the Board of Directors of Giunti Psychometrics. He joined the company in 2018 to lead its strategy and international development, with responsibilities spanning corporate development, finance, legal affairs, information technology, mergers and acquisitions, and the oversight of international subsidiaries. He has played a central role in the company’s expansion through acquisitions, the establishment of new entities and the strengthening of its international governance structure.

Before joining Giunti Psychometrics, he founded and served as Chief Executive Officer of Comunitae, Spain’s first crowdlending platform. He previously spent more than a decade at BBVA, holding senior positions in corporate banking, SME business development and the post-acquisition integration of banking operations in the United States.

He holds an MBA in Finance from IESE Business School and a degree in Mechanical Engineering.

A graduate of SKEMA Business School (MSc Financial Markets and Investments) and a CIIA charterholder (Certified International Investment Analyst), he began his career in mergers and acquisitions at Carmin Finance.

He joined the investment team of NextStage AM — an independent French investment firm dedicated to European growth SMEs and mid-caps — in 2016, where he is in charge of investments in listed small and mid-cap companies across Europe, covering deal origination, analysis and execution as well as the long-term monitoring of these holdings.

He has been involved in the technology, electronics and semiconductor, healthcare, industrial and business services sectors, with a particular focus on Southern Europe and Italy, where he follows companies including ELES, FAE Technology and DHH. He is the permanent representative of NextStage AM on the Board of Directors of BIO-UV Group (Euronext Growth Paris).