Economist Conferences – Greece

Arnaldo Abruzzini

Chief executive officer
Born in Rome, Italy, on August 5th 1957, Arnaldo Abruzzini is a graduate in economy with major in finance from the University of Rome. 
Mr Abruzzini is the chief executive officer of EUROCHAMBRES, the Association of European Chambers of Commerce and Industry since 1999. He is a senior lobbyist in Brussels and represents the voice of over 20 million companies through members in 43 countries and a network of 1.700 regional and local Chambers.
He is also an active entrepreneur, having founded several companies. He still owns shares in telecommunication (Interactive Media), energy (InRes) and business consulting (Consir) firms.
Mr Abruzzini has worked as managing director of several companies active in the telecommunication (EPTA), marketing and communication (MediaCamere) and business advices (CoFiCom) in Italy and the US.  
He has also served in the financial sector, actively working in investment banking (MedioBanca) and insurance companies (Bavaria).
In 1979 he started his carrier as an auditor for Arthur Andersen in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, USA, and Rome, Italy.
Mr Abruzzini is also fluent in English, French and Spanish additionally to his mother tongue.