Mario Monti
Mario Monti
Mario Monti is President of Bocconi University and Senator for life of the Republic of Italy. He was Prime Minister of Italy (November 2011-April 2013) and Minister of Economy and Finance (November 2011-July 2012). He served for ten years as a member of the European Commission, in charge of the Internal Market, Financial Services and Tax Policy (1995-1999), then of Competition (1999-2004). He is Honorary Chairman of the European Group of the Trilateral Commission (Chairman in 2010-2011). He is Member of the Académie des Sciences morales et politiques, Chairman of the first Advisory Group to Transparency International EU, and Honorary President of Bruegel, the European think-tank he founded in 2005. From February 2014 to January 2017, he was Chairman of the High-level Group on Own Resources of the European Union, in preparation of the EU Multiannual Financial Framework 2021-2027. Since May 2018, he has Chaired the High-level search committee to find the next president of the European Research Council, which was established by the Commissioner for Research, Science and Innovation Carlos Moedas. Born in Varese, Italy, he graduated from Bocconi University and pursued graduate studies at Yale University.
