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Stefano Micossi

Chairman

Born in Bologna on October 27 1946, married with two children.

Current positions
- General Manager of Assonime, the Italian Association of joint stock companies (società per azioni) since 1999
- Professor of the European College, Bruges since 1991

Other positions
- Member of the Board of Directors (independent) of Banca Nazionale del Lavoro
- Member of the Management Board and of the Executive Committee of the Association of European Issuers
- Member of the General Board of Assicurazioni Generali di Venezia
- Member of the Board of Directors of the Centre for European Policy Studies (CEPS) in Brussels
- Member and coordinator of the Scientific Committee of Confindustria
- Founder member and coordinator of EuropEos, an association of journalists, jurists, economists and political science scholars

Previous positions
- General Manager for Industry of the European Commission (1995-1998)
- Director of the Research Centre of Confindustria (1988-1994)
- Economist (1972-78), Head of Department (1980-85), Director (1987-88) of the International Sector of the Research Department of Bank of Italy
- From June 1978 to June 1980 seconded to the Board of the International Monetary Fund

Academic qualifications
- Degree in Law, University of Milan (1971)
- MA (1973) and M.Phil. (1974), Yale University, Department of Economics

Publications
Has published numerous volumes and articles in national and international financial newspapers.
Writes leading articles for the Sole 24 Ore and occasionally for Project Syndicate, the Financial Times, the Wall Street Journal Europe, Vox, La Voce.