Ludovico Diaz, CEO of NTT DATA Italia since April 2024, was born in Verona in 1970. He is married and has two children, he has been living in Milan for many years. He graduated in Mathematics at the University of Padua and simultaneously studied piano and French horn at the ‘E. F. Dall'Abaco’ Conservatory of Music in Verona. He began his professional career in the world of Information and Communication Technology, an area in which he has a deep interest, first as a technology consultant in a local company and then as an evangelist for Microsoft Italy.
In 2000 he took part in the foundation of VPWeb - later to become Value Team - which in 2011 became part of the Japanese multinational NTT DATA. After a few years in Italy, which saw him hold increasingly important roles as consultant and relationship manager at some of its main customers, in 2010 he became CEO of the group's Turkish subsidiary with responsibility for business development and management in the MENA area, a role he held successfully for four years.
In 2014, he became CEO of Selecta Digital Services, a company he accompanied in its transformation from an industrial company to a Data Tech Company, building its position as a player in the Digital Transformation arena. In 2022 the merger with Datlas gave birth to Datlas Group, the only company in the Italian market to offer outsourcing services for inbound and outbound Data Validation and Multichannel Communication processes.
Firmly convinced that the relationship between art and science is a fertile ground where creative and analytical thinking meet and enrich each other, Ludovico Diaz interprets his profession with passion, combining innovation and ethics.