Lupo LANZARA

Deputy Chairman, Accademia Costume & Moda

Lupo Lanzara started his career in 2002 as an Intern in the Investment Banking Division, Financial Institutions Group, at Morgan Stanley, London. Between 2002-2005, he worked in the Strategy division at Accenture as an Analyst, first in the telecommunications sector and then banking. From 2005 to 2008, he worked for Value Partners, participating in various management consulting projects, focusing his interest on the Fair Trade industry.

In 2009, Lupo joined the Accademia Costume & Moda as an external consultant. The Accademia Costume & Moda was founded in Rome in 1964 by his grandmother, Rosana Pistolese. After a few years Lupo became Director General. Following the nomination of his brother, Furio Francini, as CEO in 2016, Lupo was nominated Deputy Chairman.

The Accademia today has become one of the most interesting cultural, art and design havens within the global fashion education industry. Ranked n1 in the world for both Undergraduate and Graduate in the Category of “Fashion Design” (ex aequo with 1 School in Paris and 1 in London), the Accademia has a placement ratio of up to 85% of its student body, collaborates with more than 80 companies, and counts its students as finalists and/or winners of some of the most important fashion prizes in the world.

The Accademia’s academic offer of BAs and MAs is accredited by the Italian Ministry of Education. The Accademia is a family philanthropic project that is possible thanks to all the stakeholders who are involved: maisons, manufacturing companies, individuals, faculty, staff and the family.

Teamwork is key, and Lupo’s approach within the creative field is to allow people to express their best assets in total freedom, conveying their own vision with determination. The aim of the Accademia is to train future generations of professionals from a cultural point of view, as well as providing them with design and technical skills, so that they will be able to interpret with confidence, continuously and with their own personal “identity,” the codes of the fashion houses and companies for which they will work.

His hope for the future is “sharing” and not “competing,” “part of the system” and not “individualistic goals,” “identity” and not “imitation.”

Lupo Lanzara holds a degree in International Business (2:1 with honours) from the European Business School, Regent’s University London.