Stefano Lucchini

Stefano Lucchini is the Chief Institutional Affairs and External Communication Officer of Intesa Sanpaolo. After graduating in Economics and Business Administration from the Luiss University of Rome, in 1987 he joined the studies department at Montedison, where he eventually became Manager for Corporate Communication and Investor Relations at Montedison USA. In 1997, he joined Enel and was appointed Director of External Relations of the group.  He also served as Director of External Relations in Confindustria. In 2002, he joined the Banca Intesa group as Director of External Relations. In 2005, he served as Senior Executive Vice President for International Public Affairs and Communication of the Eni group and as Chair of Eni USA. Today, within the Intesa Sanpaolo group, he serves as Chair of Intesa Sanpaolo IMI Securities Corp., as Vice President of the Advisory Board IMPACT, and as a board member of Intesa Sanpaolo Innovation Center and Intesa Sanpaolo Highline.
He serves on the Board of Directors of Luiss University and is Vice President of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy. He is a member of the Scientific Committee of the “Fondazione Osservatorio sulla Criminalità nell’Agricoltura e sul Sistema Agroalimentare” (Association against organized crime in Farming and in Food Farming) and a member of the International Advisory Council and the Foreign Policy Leadership Council of the Brookings Institution in Washington D.C. He also serves as Chair of the Jury Panel of the Marisa Bellisario Award. He is a Visiting Fellow at Oxford University (Green Templeton College), and a board member of ABI (Italian Banking Association). He was knighted “Cavaliere di Gran Croce” for Services to the Italian Republic.