Prof. Giovanni Bozzetti

Italian businessman, entrepreneur, University Professor, and author, he is one of the leading Italian experts on territorial marketing, FDI and internationalization. He is Founder, President, and C.E.O. of EFG Consulting, a consulting company focused on marketing, communications, public and institutional relations FDI attraction and internationalization processes.

As of August 2025, he serves as President and Chief Executive Officer of Fondazione Fiera Milano.

He also sits in the Board of Directors of several companies from private investment banks to insurances, to renewable energies, and since December 2022 he is the First Advisory to the President of the Italian Parliament.

Since June 2021 he is Deputy Chairman at Confindustria Cisambiente, the Industral Association that gathers all the companies working in the environmental protection business in Italy; he is also the President of International Affairs Department for the same.

Since January 2020 he is Deputy Chairman of B&A Waste Management LLC, UAE based joint venture company between Ambienthesis Middle East DMCC and Sharjah based Bee’ah.

Since May 2010 he is Professor in Territorial Marketing at the department of Economy and Business of the Catholic University of Milan. He is also visiting Professor at CARINT master degree, a course in Corporate Advisory, Finance and Inter cultural resources.

He held several public commitments as Former Minister of Lombardy Region, Councilor for the Defense Minister of the National Government and Minister of the Municipality of Milan among others. In his career he has been honored with numerous awards and recognitions, among which the “Ambrogino d’Oro”, the most prestigious public award bestowed by the Municipality of Milan.

In January 2021 his last book, the best seller “United Arab Emirates: Nothing is Impossible – Guide to the new center of the world business” has been published by Mondadori in Italy and by Austin Macauley in the United Arab Emirates.