Tommaso Pompei appointed CEO of Tiscali group

Cagliari, 31st October 2005 - Tiscali's Board of Directors met today and appointed Tommaso Pompei as CEO of the Group. Tommaso Pompei is expected to join the Board of Directors shortly. Ruud Huisman leaves his executive role in the Parent Company but remains on the Board of Directors.

Tommaso Pompei has been from 1997 to today CEO in Wind, the main alternative operator to Telecom Italia on the Italian TLC market, guiding the company from the start-up to the sale. He had previously been CEO of Pronto Italia ? later merged to become Omnitel Pronto Italia and today Vodafone Italia - and of Sigma, a company specialized in the development of value-added information technology services owned by IRI and Ferrovie dello Stato.

The appointment of Tommaso Pompei as CEO happens while the Group is at a turning point, having in fact refocused in the core countries and having successfully implemented the refinancing process, with Ruud Huisman at the helm. Tiscali is now ready to enter a new development phase that Tommaso Pompei is well equipped to implement and take full advantage of.