Biography
Professor Francesco Profumo, born in 1953, is Professor Emeritus at the Polytechnic University of Turin; Chairman of Isybank S.p.A.; Chairman of Quadrivio Group Italy S.r.l.; Chairman of Società Gasdotti Italiani SGI; Member of the European Innovation Council Board – European Commission (Italy representative); Chairman of the ESMI ESCP Europe Foundation/Turin Campus; Chairman of Uni-Italia; Member of the Advisory Board of Iliad Italia SpA; Vice Chairman of the Strategic Steering Committee of the Fund for the Digital Republic.
He was Dean of the First Faculty of Engineering at the Polytechnic University of Turin, where he also served as Rector; Minister of Education, University and Research and President of the National Research Council (CNR); Chairman of the Compagnia di San Paolo Foundation and President of ACRI (Association of Savings Banks and Foundations); Chairman of the Bruno Kessler Foundation; Member of the Board of Directors of Aquafil SpA.