Paolo Gentiloni
Chair of the Global Advisory Council
European Investment Bank
- Editions
- 2026
- Based in
- Italy
Paolo Gentiloni is Chair of the European Investment Bank Global Advisory Council and Co-Chair of the UN High-Level Expert Group on the Global Debt Crisis.
He is a Nonresident Distinguished Fellow at the Brookings Institution and teaches at Johns Hopkins SAIS Europe and Università Cattolica in Milan.
He served as European Commissioner for Economy (2019–2024), Prime Minister of Italy (2016–2018), Minister of Foreign Affairs (2014–2016) and Minister of Communications (2006–2008). A Member of Parliament from 2001 to 2019, he was among the founders of the Democratic Party.
He is a columnist for la Repubblica. His latest book is Diventare una potenza. Istruzioni per una rivoluzione europea (Rizzoli, September 2026).