Paolo Scaroni

Italian businessman, chairman of A.C. Milan, former CEO of Eni and Enel, if you are looking for a high-profile experienced CEO and board member of some of the largest world companies for consultancy, mentoring and keynote speeches, Paolo Scaroni is the best option for you.

Paolo Scaroni is one of the most influential Italian businessmen. Currently he is deputy chairman of Rothschild Investment Bank and chairman of the football club A.C. Milan. He is also a board member at Columbia Business School.

From 2005 to 2014, he was CEO of Eni, an Italian multinational energy company, one of the seven “supermajor” oil companies in the world. From 2002 to 2005 he was Chief Executive Officer and Chief Operating Officer of Enel, the second largest power company in the world by revenue. He held a number of non-executive positions including: Deputy Chairman and Senior Independent Director at the London Stock Exchange Group plc, and Chairman of Alliance UniChem plc. He was member of the board of Generali Assicurazioni, ABN AMRO NV, BAE Systems plc, Veolia and Alstom SA.

After graduating in economics at the Bocconi University in Milan in 1969, he worked for three years at Chevron, before obtaining an MBA from Columbia University, New York, and continuing his career at McKinsey. In 1973, he joined Saint Gobain, where he held a series of management positions in Italy and abroad, until his appointment as head of the Glass Division in Paris. From 1985 to 1996, he was Deputy Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Techint. In 1996, he moved to the United Kingdom and was Chief Executive Officer of Pilkington until May 2002. In 2005 and in 2006, he was Chairman of Alliance Unichem.

What he offers you

Due to his background and experience as CEO and board member of some of the largest energy and oil companies like Eni and Enel, Paolo Scaroni is ideally positioned to share with decision makers the innovative operating strategies he has implemented during his successful career and is a huge source of information regarding energy. He also demonstrates how to lead successful multinational companies to steadily increase their global market share.

Languages

He presents in English and Italian.