Francesco Profumo

Francesco Profumo is currently the Chairman-Management Board at Compagnia di San Paolo, Chairman at Fondazione Compagnia di San Paolo, Chairman at Panel 09, Vice Chairman at Almawave SpA, Chairman at Fondazione European School of Management Italia, Chairman at ESCP Business School Turin Campus, Independent Non-Executive Director at Aquafil SpA, Trustee at The American University of Rome, Professor at Alma Mater Studiorum - Università di Bologna, Professor at Politecnico di Torino, Member at Accademia delle Scienze di Torino, President at ACRI Associazione di Fondazioni e di Casse di Risparmio SpA, Member at Istituto Italiano di Tecnologia, Member at Academia Europaea Ltd, President-Executive Board at Turin Euro-Latin American Forum, Member at IEEE Industry Applications Society, Member-Management Committee at Hysy Lab, and Member-Supervisory Board at SMACT SCpA.
He previously served as the Chairman-Council at the European Space Agency, Chairman at Iren SpA, Chairman at Columbus Association, Chairman at Comitato di Indirizzo per la Valutazione della Ricerca, Chairman at Italy Ministry of Education Universities & Research, Chairman at Fondazione Bruno Kessler, Chairman at Infrastrutture Wireless Italiane SpA, Independent Director at Telecom Italia SpA, Director at Pirelli & C.
SpA, Director at Il Sole 24 Ore SpA, Lead Independent Director at Fidia SpA, Director at Unicredit Private Banking SpA, Design Engineer at Hitachi Rail STS SpA, President at The National Research Council, President at Consiglio Nazionale delle Ricerche, and Member at IEEE Power Electronics Society.
He obtained his undergraduate degree from Politecnico di Torino in 1977.