Riccardo Maria MONTI

President, ICE

Born in 1967, appointed by the Mario Monti Government as President of the Italian Trade Agency, the recently established Institution in charge of Export Promotion.

Riccardo Monti is also Vice President, currently Acting President, of Simest, the State financial arm that provides equity co-investment for Italian companies abroad. He is also member of the boards of the Union of Italian Chambers of Commerce and of Advanced Capital.

Since 2007, Riccardo Monti is Board Member and Treasurer of the Robert Kennedy Foundation of Europe.

He has been Co-Founder and Executive Director of Value Partners, a boutique top management consulting firm which under his guidance grew from 40 professionals active in Italy to a company employing 3000 professionals operating in 15 countries in 2012.

He has been advising corporations and governments in 40 Countries in Europe, Americas, Middle East, Asia and Africa on privatizations, turn-arounds and cross border investiments.

Prior to joining Value Partners, (1994 to 1998) he was Senior Manager at Booz Allen & Hamilton.

Between 1992 and 1993 he worked for Federmeccanica (Federation of Employers).

In 1991 he was an "Intern" at Alsthom Group in Paris, in the area of Total Quality Management.

In 1990 served as Attached Lieutenant in the Guardia Di Finanza service at their Headquarters.

He has a Degree in Economics Magna cum Laude from the University of Naples.

He has been Research Fellow in International Management at Columbia University, New York and has a Master’s Degree in Management of Technology, Brooklyn Polytechnic, New York.

He speaks: Italian,  English , Spanish, French and Portuguese.