Giorgio Fossa is an industrialist with years of experience in the mechanical engineering sector, today Chairman of the Board of Directors of Silvio Fossa S.p.A.
Born on 1 September 1954 in Gallarate (VA), he has previously served on the board of directors of Luiss University on two separate occasions, from 1996 to 2000 and again from 2010 to 2016.
He has been a limited partner of Marmont S.a.s. since 1982 and a member of the board of directors of ALIUC - Associazione per il Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo since 1990. Moreover, since 1992 he has been a managing partner of Gieffe SS and Nicto SS. In addition, since September 2022 he has held the position of industry expert of the Triton Fund. In 2023 he rejoined the board of directors of Industria e Università S.r.l. for a second time.
In the course of his career Mr Fossa has held numerous important roles on committees and in the Confederation of Italian Industry: since 2016 he has been a member of the Ryder Cup Rome 2022 Organising Committee and was President of Confindustria between 1996 and 2000 as well as Vice President of UNICE between 1997 and 2000.
Giorgio Fossa was Chairman of the Board of Directors of Il Sole 24 Ore S.p.A. from 1995 to 1996 and again from 2016 to 2018, and of Business School 24 S.p.A. from 2018 to 2023.
In the course of his career Mr Fossa has served on the boards of directors of major businesses and foundations, including:
- Valentino S.p.A. (1998 - 2002);
- LIUC - Libero Istituto Universitario Carlo Cattaneo (1998 - 2010);
- Fondazione Collegio San Carlo (1999 - 2009);
- Sirti S.p.A. (2000 - 2004);
- Sorin S.p.A (2009 - 2012).
He was Chairman of the Board of Directors and CEO of S.E.A. Società Esercizi Aereoportuali S.p.A. from 2000 to 2003.
A law graduate, he is married and the father of two children.
Paolo Boccardelli is full professor of Economics and Management of Corporate Strategy at Luiss University since 2011 (Associate professor since 2004). He is Director of the Research Center in Strategic Change “Franco Fontana” at Luiss, and Co-Director of the Board Academy Program at the Luiss Business School.
He was Dean of the Luiss Business School from 2015 to May 2022, after serving as Dean for the international development at the same School from 2011 to 2015. During his mandate, the Luiss Business School achieved the Equis and the AMBA accreditations, and it initiated the AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation process. He was awarded the “Luiss Engaged Research Award” in June 2024.His main research areas are Business Strategy, Resources and Dynamic Capabilities View, Institution-based View.
He is part of the group of Experts of International Standing at the Australian Research Council.
He is a member of the Equis Committee and he is an expert in Equis and EFMD on quality services and processes for schools pursuing Equis accreditation. He was a member of the AACSB Board of Directors.
He is a member of the International Advisory Board of the Leeds University Business School, of the Universidad Pompeu Fabra – Barcelona School of Management, as well as of the University of Stavanger School of Business and Law.
He is Chair of the Scientific Committee of the Lars Magnus Ericsson Foundation.
He was member of the “Nucleo di Valutazione Federato” at the Scuola Normale Superiore-Scuola Superiore Sant’Anna-Scuola Universitaria Superiore Pavia, Vice President of the CUEIM’s (Consorzio Universitario di Economia Industriale e Manageriale) Steering and Supervisory Committee, and member of the International Advisory Board of the Amsterdam International Business School.
He was an independent member in the Board of Directors of companies such as UBI Spa and TIM Spa, and he is currently independent director of the Banco BPM Spa.
Rita Carisano graduated in economics from Luiss University and completed her education abroad.
After working for a number of consulting firms, she joined Confindustria (Confederation of Italian Industry), where in 2001 she became Director of Membership Marketing.
She has held various university positions as professor of political economy and international economics at the University of Bari and at LUMSA in Rome and has been a member of the Evaluation Unit of the University of Verona. She has also taught at the Tax Police School of the Revenue Police.
From 2006 to 2024 she was General Manager of Confindustria Verona.
She is currently General Manager of Luiss University.
She is also a member of the board of directors of Aeroporto Valerio Catullo S.p.A. and of FASI - Fondo Assistenza Sanitaria Integrativa.
She is a Commendatore of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic.
Beltrame is a graduate in Communication Sciences. Since 2023, she has been Vice President of AFV Beltrame Group and Head of the Communication and Marketing area–a well-known company in the Italian and European steel sector. She also holds positions on the Boards of Luiss Guido Carli University, Simest Spa, ITA (Italian Trade Agency), the CUOA Foundation, and the University of Vicenza Foundation.
She was Vice President of Confindustria Vicenza, responsible for the Education and University delegation, and a member of the General Council of Federmeccanica and Confindustria. She served as the President of BusinessMed (Union of Mediterranean Business Confederations) for the three-year period 2020-2023.
Since May 2020, she has held the position of Vice President of Confindustria Nazionale with a focus on internationalization, and is a member of the General Council of Confindustria.