Member — Organismo di Vigilanza, Water and Wastewater
Italy·Water & Environmental Services·Water services· Milan·Posted 4 July 2026
Applications close 29 December 2026
Water services organisation in Italy
The problem this seat exists to solve
This appointment is to an Organismo di Vigilanza within the framework of Legislative Decree 231/2001. The member will contribute to scrutiny of the organisation’s model and its operation; the appointment is distinct from both a director’s seat and a Collegio Sindacale office.
A risk-informed contribution
Examine information concerning sensitive processes such as procurement, contractor management, environmental controls and delegated expenditure. Help test whether the model is reflected in actual working practices and whether significant changes in activities are brought to the body’s attention. Follow up inconsistencies between documented procedures and observed conduct.
The supervision plan should use actual process evidence: how a contractor was selected, how a deviation was approved and how a concern reached the responsible function. Sampled activity should be chosen for a reason and its limitations understood. The member should ask whether new services, outsourcing or changes in authority have altered the risk picture. Findings should distinguish a missing record from a control that did not operate, allowing the body to recommend attention to the underlying weakness without overstating what the evidence proves.
Responsibilities within the body
Participate in planning, evidence review and reporting. Maintain careful records and appropriate confidentiality. Coordinate with relevant control functions without allowing overlap to obscure accountability, and raise concerns about inadequate information or resources through the body’s agreed channels.
Candidate suitability and appointment conditions
Candidates should have practical experience in compliance, assurance, investigations, legal risk or utility controls. They must demonstrate independence of judgement, relevant competence and sufficient continuity of attention. Conflicts and the body’s actual composition, mandate and authority require assessment; statutory-auditor credentials alone do not establish suitability for this role.
Evidence sought
Applicants should discuss how they have tested whether a control exists in practice rather than only in a manual. A useful member can connect process evidence to model effectiveness while recognising that management remains responsible for operating the business and implementing corrective measures.
Terms
- Where the board sits
- Milan, Italy
- Applications close
- 29 December 2026
- Appointment
- Supervisory-body appointment
- Time commitment in this market
- Typically 8–12 board meetings a year plus committees; Italian boards meet more often than the European average.
Before you apply — Italy
No nationality or residency test applies to an Italian director. The route in that matters is procedural rather than legal: a place on a slate.
- Residency test
- None.
- Nationality test
- None.
- Work authorisation
- A non-executive director attending board meetings does not require a permit. Executive roles for non-EU nationals do, and are subject to the immigration decree quotas.
- Tenure limit once appointed
- No hard statutory cap. The 2020 Corporate Governance Code treats service exceeding nine years in the previous twelve as a circumstance that compromises independence, requiring the board to assess and disclose.
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