Stefano Lucchini, was born in Rome in 1962. He is married with two children and has a degree in economics from the LUISS in Rome. His first job was in the research department at Montedison.

After a period as assistant to the President of the Energy and Commerce Commission of the U.S. Congress in Washington D.C., he was director of communications at Montedison USA in New York.

Returning to Italy in 1993, he was responsible for financial communications and investor relations for the Gruppo Ferruzzi Montedison. 

He joined Enel in 1997, initially in financial communications (where he oversaw the company’s IPO) and subsequently as the group’s head of external relations.

He has also been the head of external relations for Confindustria, the italian employers’ federation.

In June 2002 he was appointed head of external relations for the Banca Intesa Group.

Since July 2005 he has been senior vice presiden of public affairs and corporate communication  for the Eni Group. He teaches at the Advanced School of Journalism at Milan’s Catholic University, for which he is also a member of the evaluation committee.

He has been a member of the board of directors of AGI (the second Italian newswire company) since 2005. He is also a Commendatore della Repubblica Italiana and a Silver Medallist of Italian Red Cross.

Since 2007 he has been a member of the supervisory board of Confindustria and the executive board of UPA. He is also a member of the boards of Censis, the Fondazione Eni Enrico Mattei (FEEM) and the Eni Foundation. He is a Member of the Advisory Board MBA Program LUISS and a Member of the Committee of Guarantors for the celebrations of the 150th Anniversary of Italian Unification.

He is a visiting fellow of Oxford University and President of the Benedict XVI pro Matrimonio et Familia Foundation.