Daniele Franco

Degree in Political Science (University of Padua). MA in Business administration (University ofPadua). MSc in Economics (University of York). He joined the Bank of Italy in 1979. From 1994 to 1997 he served as Economic Adviser at the European Commission. From 1997 to 2013 he was at the Bank of Italy, finally from 2011 as Managing Director of Economics, Research and International Relations. From 1999 to 2007 he was chairman of the Working Group on Public Finance of the European Central Bank. From May 2013 to May 2019 he was State General Accountant at the Ministry of Economics and Finance. In May 2019 he joined the Governing Board of the Bank ofItaly; from January 2020 to February 2021 he was Senior Deputy Governor and President of the Insurance Supervisory Authority (IVASS). From February 2021 to October 2022 he was Minister of the Economy and Finance. He gave courses at the Universities of Bergamo and Trieste, at the Università Cattolica in Milano and at the Scuola Superiore della Pubblica Amministrazione in Rome. He has written several books and papers on public finance, fiscalpolicy and macroeconomic issues