Alessandro Picardi

Alessandro Picardi (born 1977) is an Italian manager.

Biography
Alessandro Picardi is an executive manager. Currently he is Chairman of Capital Advisory Investments, company of investments and strategic consulting with important skills in M&A. Picardi is also President control and risk committee and board member of Acea, the multiutility company of energy, water and environment and is also President of Nexting. Picardi is Vice President of Confindustria Assolombarda. He was President of Finlombarda gestioni Sgr, the asset management company. Picardi is past President Executive of Olivetti, Executive Vice President of Telecom Italia, Chief Public Affairs Officer, in the TIM Group from 2019 to 2023, past President of Tivù Sat, and he was President Digital Single Market as Vice President of Confindustria Digitale, Vice President of Asstel and member of the General Council of Confindustria Radio Televisioni. Until January 2019 he was Director of Strategic Development of Rai platforms and Director of the Institutional and International Relations   from 2013 to October 2016 and board member of Auditel from 2015 to 2018.

He graduated in media studies in Rome, and he is also a journalist registered in the national list of publicists. Member of executive board of Sparkle and ISPI Institute for International Political Studies.

Vice President of Corporate Affairs of Alitalia from 2012 to 2013, Alessandro Picardi has a consolidated experience in the field of telecommunications: he was from December 2006 to August 2012 Head of Institutional Affairs at Wind Telecomunicazioni and previously, from 2004 to November 2006 at Sky Italy he worked as Institutional Affairs and Relations with the Vatican.

He was Chairman of the FUB (Fondazione Ugo Bordoni) committee, culture and research institute with a tradition of research and application studies in the fields of telecommunications and information technology. Short-term board member of “L’Orientale” University of Naples, He was also in the board of directors of Assaereo and Asstel.

Private life
Alessandro Picardi has been married to Beatrice Lorenzin, former Italian health minister, since September 2016. He is father of Francesco and Lavinia.