It is the strategic merging body which during the integration ensures the conservation of the values and the cultures of the individual concerns; its mission is to define the strategic policies, carry out the strategic, management and technical-operative auditing of all the Group companies and guarantee the overseeing of the various risk elements originated in the areas of activity dealt with by the Group, providing common support services and centralizing the finance and cash management divisions establishing itself as the stakeholder of the Group on financial markets.