Marco Magnani (born 26 May 1969) is an Italian

economist An economist is a professional and practitioner in the social science discipline of economics. The individual may also study, develop, and apply theories and concepts from economics and write about economic policy. Within this field there are ...

Biography

Education and career

At 16 he was a
AFS
scholar, lived for a year in the United States and gained a US High School diploma. He has a degree in economics at the

University of Rome La Sapienza The Sapienza University of Rome ( it, Sapienza – Università di Roma), also called simply Sapienza or the University of Rome, and formally the Università degli Studi di Roma "La Sapienza", is a public research university located in Rome, Ita ...

and at th
College of Cavalieri del Lavoro in Rome
He is a Jona scholar and gained a Master in Business Administration and Finance at

Columbia University Columbia University (also known as Columbia, and officially as Columbia University in the City of New York) is a private research university in New York City. Established in 1754 as King's College on the grounds of Trinity Church in Manhatt ...

. He also completed executives programs in leadership e public policies at the

Harvard Kennedy School The Harvard Kennedy School (HKS), officially the John F. Kennedy School of Government, is the school of public policy and government of Harvard University in Cambridge, Massachusetts. The school offers master's degrees in public policy, public ...

, at the

Jackson Institute for Global Affairs The Yale Jackson School of Global Affairs (formerly the Yale University Jackson Institute for Global Affairs) is a professional school of Yale University that specializes in global affairs. Based in New Haven, Connecticut, the school's mission ...

Yale University Yale University is a Private university, private research university in New Haven, Connecticut. Established in 1701 as the Collegiate School, it is the List of Colonial Colleges, third-oldest institution of higher education in the United Sta ...

and at the

Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy The Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy (LKY School) is an autonomous postgraduate school of the National University of Singapore (NUS), named after the late former Prime Minister of Singapore, Lee Kuan Yew. History The Lee Kuan Yew School of ...

Singapore Singapore (), officially the Republic of Singapore, is a sovereign island country and city-state in maritime Southeast Asia. It lies about one degree of latitude () north of the equator, off the southern tip of the Malay Peninsula, bor ...

He has nearly 20 years of professional experience, primarily in '' investment banking'' in

New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the most densely populated major city in the Un ...

with ''

JP Morgan JPMorgan Chase & Co. is an American Multinational corporation, multinational Investment banking, investment bank and financial services holding company headquartered in City of New York, New York City and Delaware General Corporation Law, inco ...

'' and in

Milan Milan ( , , Lombard: ; it, Milano ) is a city in northern Italy, capital of Lombardy, and the second-most populous city proper in Italy after Rome. The city proper has a population of about 1.4 million, while its metropolitan city h ...

with

Mediobanca Mediobanca is an Italian investment bank founded in 1946 at the initiative of Raffaele Mattioli (at that time CEO of Banca Commerciale Italiana, the largest commercial bank in Italy which promoted its incorporation together with Credito Italiano) ...

. He is a member of the ''Global Agenda Council on Banking and Capital Markets''. Since 2011 he has led the research project ''Italy 2030'' at the John F. Kennedy School of Government at Harvard University, as a ''Senior Research Fellow'' in political economy. He is affiliated with the

School of Advanced International Studies The Paul H. Nitze School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) is a graduate school of Johns Hopkins University based in Washington, D.C., United States, with campuses in Bologna, Italy, and Nanjing, China. It is consistently ranked one of th ...

of the

Johns Hopkins University Johns Hopkins University (Johns Hopkins, Hopkins, or JHU) is a private research university in Baltimore, Maryland. Founded in 1876, Johns Hopkins is the oldest research university in the United States and in the western hemisphere. It consi ...

Washington, DC ) , image_skyline = , image_caption = Clockwise from top left: the Washington Monument and Lincoln Memorial on the National Mall, United States Capitol, Logan Circle, Jefferson Memorial, White House, Adams Morgan ...

. He currently teache
Monetary and Financial Economics
at University LUISS Guido Carli Political Science), he is Professor of Practice at LUISS Business School and he i
non resident fellow
at IAI-International Affairs Institute In 2010 he was appointed

Young Global Leader Forum of Young Global Leaders, or Young Global Leaders (YGL), was created by Klaus Schwab, founder of the World Economic Forum. The YGL, a non-profit organization managed from Geneva, Switzerland, is under the supervision of the Swiss government ...

of the

World Economic Forum The World Economic Forum (WEF) is an international non-governmental and lobbying organisation based in Cologny, canton of Geneva, Switzerland. It was founded on 24 January 1971 by German engineer and economist Klaus Schwab. The foundation, ...

of Davos. In 2011 he was elected Chairman o
Intercultura
the Italian partner of

American Field Service AFS Intercultural Programs (or AFS, originally the American Field Service) is an international youth exchange organization. It consists of over 50 independent, not-for-profit organizations, each with its own network of volunteers, professional ...

. He is an elected member of the Board of Trustees of American Field Service International Programs. He is a member of the Board of Directors of th
Center for American Studies
of the Scientific Committee o
Fondazione Unipolis
of the advisory board o
WelfareIndexPMI
initiative of Generali and Confindustria), of the Advisory Committee of Confindustria Piccola Industria, of the Stakeholder Advisory Board o
/ Edison
and several Board of Directors as an independent director. He is a member of several think-tanks: Aspen Institute
Chatham House
IAI - International Affairs Institute, Young Leaders of the Council on Relations for the US and Italy,

The Economic Club of New York The Economic Club of New York is a U.S. nonprofit and non-partisan membership organization dedicated to promoting the study and discussion of social, economic and political questions. History Founded in 1907, the Economic Club of New York is t ...

Publications

* Making the Global Economy Work for Everyone, Palgrave Macmillan
Fatti non foste a viver come robot – UTET

Terre e Buoi dei Paesi Tuoi – UTET

Sette Anni di Vacche Sobrie – UTET

Creating Economic Growth – Palgrave Macmillan
Magnani has a column (Letters from Cambridge, Massachusetts) on Italian financial newspaper IlSole24Ore and writes fo
AffarInternazionali
and other newspapers, magazines and websites.

External links

Marco Magnani official web site

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Magnani, Marco 1969 births Harvard University alumni Sapienza University of Rome alumni Italian economists Living people