Mario Monti

Mario Monti

Bocconi Representative on the International Advisory Council
President of Università Bocconi

Mario Monti is currently Prime Minister of Italy. In addition, he is Honorary President of Bruegel, a European think-tank for economic policy, and member of the Reflection Group on the Future of Europe in 2020-2030, established by the European Council and presided by Felipe González. Professor Monti has suspended himself from all duties at Bocconi for the duration of his term as Prime Minister.

He was Member of the European Commission for a decade, first as Commissioner for Internal Market, Financial Services and Financial Integration Customs, and Taxation (1995-1999), and then for Competition (1999-2004). In addition to dealing with major antitrust cases (such as GE/Honeywell, Microsoft, and the German Landesbanken), he introduced radical reforms in EU antitrust regulation and control of excessive market concentrations. He also led, along with US authorities, the creation of the International Competition Network (ICN).

He was nominated Member of the Commission pour la libération de la croissance française established by the President of the French Republic Nicolas Sarkozy and presided by Jacques Attali. He has been Coordinator of the European Union for the trans-European project of electrical interlinking between France and Spain.

He is International Advisor of Goldman Sachs and Member of the International Advisory Board of the Coca-Cola Company.

Born in Varese in 1943, Mario Monti graduated in Economics and Business at Università Bocconi and did post-graduate studies at Yale University. Prior to joining the European Commission, he was Professor of Economics at Università Bocconi and then Rector from 1989 to 1994.