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Maurizio Ferrera is Professor of Political Science at the Department of Social and Political Sciences of the University of Milano, as well as founder and President of NASP (Network for the Advancement of Social and Political Sciences), a consortium for doctoral training  schools.  He holds a Ph.D. in Political Science from the European University Institute, where he  later returned as  Visiting Schuman  Professor and as Director of the European Forum.   He  currently sits in the Scientific Committee  of the Centre d’Etudes Europeennes at Sciences Po, in the Committee of the Skytte Prize in Political Science (Upssala University) and  is a corresponding member of the Istituto Lombardo di Scienze e Lettere. In 2021 the International Political Science Association  awarded to Maurizio Ferrera the  “Mattei Dogan” prize for High Achievement in Political Science. 

Ferrera has mainly worked on welfare states  and European integration.  His latest book is Politics and Social Visions. Ideology, Conflict and Solidarity in the EU. Since 2004 he has been a columnist  of Il Corriere della Sera.

Roberto Perotti is Full Professor at the Ettore Bocconi Department of Economics of Bocconi University.

Alessandro Rivera, from 2018 to 2023, was Director General of the Department of the Treasury. In this capacity, he represented Italy in working groups and committees established by leading international financial organizations.

In particular, he was the Deputy of the Minister of Economy and Finance in the G7, G20, and IMF meetings; member and Vice President of the Economic and Financial Committee and member of the Euro Working Group of the European Union; member of the Board of Directors of the European Stability Mechanism. He chaired the Sub-Committee of the Economic and Financial Committee on IMF-related matters.

From 2008 to 2018, he was Director of the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System.

From 2000 to 2008, he was Head of various Offices within the Treasury's Directorate for the Banking and Financial System.

He represented Italy in various working groups and committees, dealing with policy and regulation of the financial sector, and was a member of several boards of directors.

Vittorio Colao is Vice Chairman of EMEA at General Atlantic. In his role, Mr. Colao draws on his extensive expertise in technology, consumer and digital platforms to provide strategic counsel to the firm’s global investment teams and portfolio companies across EMEA. He previously served as Senior Advisor to General Atlantic from 2019-2021.

Mr. Colao returned to the firm after serving as Minister of Technological Innovation and the Digital Transition for the Italian government from 2021-2022, a role in which he led the growth of inclusive and efficient digital services across Italy and oversaw the country’s space program. Prior to this, Mr. Colao spent 20 years at Vodafone Group, serving as Group Chief Executive for a decade, where he led the business’ significant growth into one of the largest telecommunications groups globally. He currently serves as a Non-Executive Director at Verizon and is an Executive Committee member of Bocconi University in Italy.