Gianmarco Montanari – Director General

Bio:

Gianmarco Montanari is General Director of MOST Foundation in Milan. Most, The National Center for Sustainable Mobility, is an Applied Research Foundation with a clear mission to accompany the green and digital transition in a sustainable perspective, guaranteeing the industrial transition and accompanying companies and institutions towards modern, sustainable and inclusive solutions in the cities and regions of the country. The Group of Founders and Investors in MOST has a Total Turnover of more than 290 billions Euros and 580 thousands employees. Previously, he was General Director of the Italian Institute of Technology in Genoa after working for twenty years as a Top Manager in the Automotive, Financial Services, Management Consulting and Central Public Administration sectors, always managing processes of reorganization and digital transformation of complex companies with modern organization.

He received a degree in Management Engineering from the Politecnico of Turin followed by four other degrees in Management, Economics, Political Science and Law and is formally certified as a F.I.G.C. Sports Management Collaborator, ACOI Coach and OIV Band 3 by the Ministry of Public Administration.

Over the years, he has achieved numerous specializations at the main International Business Schools (i.e. Harvard Business School, IMD, INSEAD, Columbia University, Bocconi) on management, innovation, digitization, high-tech and governance including.

He has been in a member of numerous boards of private and public companies including the Turin Transport Group, Agenzia delle Entrate in Italy and AGID (Digital Italian Agency), Fineco, Italgas, etc..

He was honoured first as “Cavaliere” of the Italian Republic and then as an “Ufficiale al Merito” of the Italian Republic.

He is the author of the book “Tech Impact. Luci ed ombre dello sviluppo tecnologico” (“Tech Impact. The Lights and Shadows of Technological Development”) and many other publications, as well as being an authoritative speaker on innovation, technology and change management. He is the inventor of IED® Intergenerational Environmental Debt.