Mimi Kung

She graduated with a bachelor degree in Business Administration and Finance from Boston University in 1988 and attended the Finance Executive Management Program of Oxford University in 2003. After experience as Assistant Controller at the Grand Hyatt Hotel in Taipei, she moved to GE Capital's Corporate Finance Group in Los Angeles and Connecticut and stayed there from 1991 to 1995. In 1995 she joined American Express in New York as Director of Business Planning and then Director of Business Travel Marketing. She later became Vice President, Head of Investment Planning and Financial Analysis for International in 2000. She moved to London in 2004 as CFO of Europe and International Partnerships and Rewards in the capacity as the Head of Finance for American Express’ “Proprietary Card Business” in Europe. There she directly oversaw all financial processes for the region, including business relating to the “International Membership Rewards” program and all “Co-Brand” partnerships. From 2007 to 2010 she took on the role of Vice President and General Manager of the Commercial Payments Business for the UK and the Netherlands and EMEA Remote Account Management. In 2010 she moved to Rome and became Senior Vice President and Italy Country Manager of American Express, to which she added the role of Head of Card Services Central Europe & International Currency Cards in 2013. She remained in this position until she concluded her career with American Express in 2015.
From 2016 to 2023 she held the position of Independent Director, member of the Nomination and Corporate Governance Committee and member of the Related Parties Committee for Poste Italiane S.p.A. She was also an Independent Director and member of the Nomination and Remuneration Committee and member of the Risk Committee for the Bank of Ireland UK between 2017 and 2020.
She has been a member of Prysmian Group’s Board of Directors since 12 April 2018 and is a founding member of the Sustainability Committee since 2020.