Magnani, Marco

Marco Magnani

Economist, teaches International Economics in Università Cattolica (Milano) and Luiss Guido Carli (Rome)

Manager and Investment Banker

Main Topics:

  • Global outlook: macroeconomic and geopolitical trends (geo-economics)
  • The future of globalization: possible scenarios, risks and opportunities
  • Monetary policy in the USA and the Eurozone
  • China – Usa: strategic rivalry, decoupling or conflict?
  • Emerging countries and Global South in a changing global environment
  • The United States of America: a divided country heading toward elections
  • Managing change and innovation drivers
  • The local angle: a competitive advantage for SMEs
  • Artificial Intelligence: ethical, legal and economic challenges

Professional Profile:

Marco Magnani lives between Italy and the United States for over 30 years.

He teaches International Economics at Luiss Guido Carli in Rome and at Università Cattolica in Milan. He also teaches executive programs at Luiss Business School, Luiss School of Government, MIP-Politecnico di Milano School of Management, ASP-Alta Scuola Politecnica. Senior Research Fellow at the Harvard Kennedy School in Cambridge, MA and visiting fellow at the School of Advanced International Studies (SAIS) of Johns Hopkins University in Washington, DC.

He has worked for 20 years in Investment Banking. First in New York at J.P. Morgan. Subsequently in Europe at Mediobanca. During this time, he provided financial advice to many clients executing mergers, acquisitions and other corporate finance transactions in the U.S., Europe and Asia. Member of the Global Agenda Council on Banking & Capital Markets for several years. In 2010 he was appointed Young Global Leader of the World Economic Forum in Davos. He currently sits, as an independent, on several Scientific Committees, Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors.

Education:

After earning a high school diploma in both Italy and the United States and a bachelor’s degree in Economics from La Sapienza University in Rome with 110 cum laude, he earned a Master’s degree in Business Administration with a major in Finance from Columbia University. He has also done postgraduate courses in public policy at the Harvard Kennedy School, at the Jackson Institute for Global Affairs at Yale University, and at the Lee Kuan Yew School of Public Policy in Singapore.

Selected Works:

  • Marco Magnani, Sette anni di vacche sobrie (Utet, 2013)
  • Marco Magnani, Creating economic growth (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014)
  • Marco Magnani, Terra e buoi dei paesi tuoi. Scuola, ricerca, ambiente, cultura, capitale umano: quando l’impresa investe nel territorio, (Utet, 2016)
  • Marco Magnani, L’onda perfetta. Cavalcare il cambiamento senza esserne travolti (Luiss University Press, 2020 e IlSole24Ore, 2022)
  • Marco Magnani, Fatti non foste a viver come robot. Crescita, lavoro, sostenibilità (Utet, 2020)
  • Marco Magnani, Making the global economy work for everyone (Palgrave Macmillan, 2022)
  • Marco Magnani, Il Grande Scollamento. Timori e speranze dopo gli eccessi della globalizzazione, Bocconi University Press, 2024
  • Marco Magnani, The Great Disconnect. Hopes and fears after the excess of globalization, Bocconi University Press, 2024

He contributes with IlSole24Ore

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