Biography

Born in Frosinone, Italy, on March 16, 1973, she holds a law degree from the University of Rome "La Sapienza".
A lawyer and an auditor, she has managed complex and multidisciplinary organizations, gaining extensive experience as an independent member on Boards of Directors and Supervisory Bodies of listed and unlisted, both industrial and financial companies. She served as Director General of Confindustria (the organization representing the manufacturing and service industries in Italy) from 2020 to 2023, coordinating national and international institutional activities and managing the organization's administrative activities.  A tax and accounting specialist, after working in tax consulting and at banking trade associations, she steered the Confindustria Tax Policy Area for approximately 10 years, defining the organization's tax, accounting and state aid policies and handling its institutional economic relations.
Since 2024, she has served as an independent Board Director and member of the Sustainability Committee of Almaviva S.p.A., a leading Italian group in IT and digital innovation.  Also since 2024, she has been Chairman of the Board of Statutory Auditors of CESI S.p.A., a world leader in testing, inspection and certification for the electrical industry. 
Since 2022, she has served as an independent Board Director and member of the Remuneration Committee of Aboca S.p.A., a benefit company in the healthcare sector, and in the same year, she was appointed member of the Board of Statutory Auditors of Edulia del Sapere Treccani S.r.l.  
She has held similar roles at important companies in the media (Mediaset S.p.A.), banking (Widiba S.p.A.), and healthcare (I.W.S. S.p.A.) sectors. 
Since May 14, 2024, she has been a member of the Board of Directors of Saipem S.p.A., where she also chairs the Remuneration and Nomination Committee and is a member of the Sustainability, Scenarios and Governance Committee.
She has been a member of numerous institutional bodies and committees: she currently chairs the Ecolabel and Ecoaudit Committee at the Ministry of the Environment and Energy Security, the body responsible for awarding the eco-label and ensuring compliance to the EU Eco-Management and Audit Scheme; in the past, she has been a member of the Corporate Governance Committee of Borsa Italiana, the Executive Bureau of Business Europe, vice-chair of CONSOB’s Market Operators and Investors Committee, member of the Supervisory Board and, later, of the Board of Directors of the OIC Foundation (Organismo Italiano di Contabilità).  She has contributed to several reform projects in a specialized capacity on Ministerial Commissions. 
She collaborates with charities, devoting particular attention to inclusion and educational poverty issues, often called upon as a role model or mentor in  women empowerment programs.