Barbara Poggiali

Chair

Barbara Poggiali is the Chair of Fondo Italiano d’Investimento SGR, a role she has held since May 2022. From 2019 to 2022, she was Managing Director of the Cybersecurity Division at Leonardo. From 2014 to 2017, she was the Director of Strategic Marketing at Poste Italiane and Chair of PosteMobile. From 2013 to 2014, she was Executive VP and member of the Board of Directors at LUISS University. From 2011 to 2013, she was a partner at Earlybird Ventures. From 2004 to 2011, Ms Poggiali was Chief Development Officer at RCS MediaGroup, where in 2009 she also took on the role of CEO of Dada. From 1995 onwards, she covered top roles at Omnitel (now Vodafone Italy), e-Biscom (now Fastweb) and Cable and Wireless Plc. She began her career at McKinsey & Company before moving on to Bain. Among the positions she covers, she is currently a non-executive director at Impresa Pizzarotti & C., Business Integration Partners and Epta Refrigeration, a board member and angel investor at MyAir Inc., a board member at Bocconi University, and a senior advisor at Klecha & Co.

qualifications

Barbara Poggiali holds a Bachelor of Science, a Master of Science and a Ph.D. in Engineering from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

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