Innocenzo Cipolletta

Chairman of the Board of the University of Trento and of the Italian State Railway, he is a member of the Board of Directors of Indesit, Poltrona Frau, iGuzzini and Ceramiche Piemme. He is economic advisor to UBS Italia and formerly the Chairman of daily paper Il Sole 24 Ore and of the Italian apparel and textile group, Marzotto. He was Director-General of Confindustria from 1990 to 2000, prior to which he was in charge of its research centre. He was also technical secretary of ISCO. He lectured at the La Sapienza and LUISS Guido Carli universities of Rome, the Cesare Alfieri University in Florence and in the University of Reggio Calabria. His fields of interest are cyclical analysis, economic policy and company management. He is a leader writer for Italian daily Il Sole 24 Ore, the author of numerous scientific papers and contributor to various specialist magazines. He was awarded the honorary title of Cavaliere di Gran Croce by the President of the Italian Republic.