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Bocconi's International Advisory Council Reinvents Itself and Meets in Milan

, by Barbara Orlando
Vittorio Colao and Catherine De Vries are the new cochairs of the body composed of 21 figures from both academia and the international business community. Their complementary strategic visions, says University President Andrea Sironi, contribute to enriching our perspective and forcing us to innovate

These 21 figures from business and international higher education are able to bring a European and global perspective to Bocconi – the mandate of the International Advisory Council (IAC). Founded in 2009, the body today has not only reinvented itself but also expanded. It will meet in Milan on 6-7 October, led by co-chairs Vittorio Colao – member of the Bocconi Executive Committee and Vice-Chair of EMEA at General Atlantic – and Catherine De Vries, Dean for International Affairs and Professor of Political Science at Bocconi.

"The International Advisory Council," explains Andrea Sironi, President of Bocconi University, "is an effective forum for discussing the future of academia and society, thanks to academic and international business community figures bringing complementary strategic visions, which contribute to enriching our international perspective and Bocconi's natural propensity to innovate. Bocconi's strategic goals include not only increasingly opening up to the world and diversity, but also integrating, including and supporting students from different cultural and socioeconomic backgrounds to prepare them for the real world, so they can have a positive impact on society.
"The IAC," concludes Sironi, "provides fundamental support to us on this by broadening our horizons in areas and sectors that are very different from ours."

The International Advisory Council is composed of:

Co-Chairs
Vittorio Colao, Member of the Bocconi Executive Committee and Vice-Chair of EMEA, General Atlantic
Catherine De Vries, Dean for International Affairs and Professor of Political Science, Bocconi University

Members
Jutta Allmendinger, President, WZB Berlin
Antonio Belloni, Group Managing Director, LVMH
Jean-Laurent Bonnafé, Director and CEO, BNP Paribas
Thomas Buberl, CEO and Director, AXA
Ilaria Capua, Professor and Senior Fellow in Global Health, Johns Hopkins University, SAIS Europe
Luca De Meo, CEO, Renault
Daniel Diermeier, Chancellor, Distinguished University Professor of Political Science, College of Arts & Science, and Management, Owen School of Management, Vanderbilt University
Belen Garjio, Chair of the Executive Board & CEO, Merck
Eli Gelman, Director and Chairman of the Technology and Innovation Committee, Amdocs Limited, Chairman of the Executive Council, Tel Aviv University
Mario Greco, Group CEO, Zurich Insurance Group
Sylvie Goulard, former Deputy Governor, Banque de France
Vivian Hunt, CIO, United Health Group
Guido Imbens, The Applied Econometrics Professor and Professor of Economics, Stanford Graduate School of Business
Peter Löscher, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Telefónica Deutschland Holding AG
Terrie Moffitt, PhD, Nannerl O. Keohane University, Professor of Psychology, Duke University
Leena Nair, CEO, CHANEL
Diego Piacentini, Senior Advisor, KKR
Jan W. Rivkin, C. Roland Christensen Professor of Business Administration, Harvard Business School Jim Snabe, Chairman of the Supervisory Board, Siemens
Elke Weber, Gerhard R. Andlinger Professor in Energy and the Environment, Princeton University Sharon White, Chair, John Lewis

Bocconi Representatives
Andrea Sironi, President
Guido Tabellini, Vice President
Francesco Billari, Rector
Riccardo Taranto, Managing Director
Enrico Cucchiani, Member of the Executive Committee
Mario Monti, President, Istituto Javotte Bocconi

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