head of Communication Roma2030 Committee
VICE PRESIDENT OF GLOBAL PARTNERSHIPS AND COOPERATION, PMI
CURRENT BIO AS OF SEPTEMBER 18, 2018
Livio was born in Rome, on 13 October 1960. He has a degree in law from the University of Rome La Sapienza, and worked as a journalist for almost ten years, covering the Middle East and Iraq, before moving to international fields and national. political and economic affairs. His last job as a journalist was economic editor-in-chief of Adnkronos, the largest private agency in Italy.
Livio entered the private sector in 1998 at Philip Morris, before moving to Lottomatica, market leader in payment services, with the position of Vice President of Marketing and Communications. He returned to Philip Morris Italy as General Manager in 2005 and as General Manager of Philip Morris in the Slovak Republic from 2007 to 2009.
From February 2009 to March 2014, Livio was Philip Morris’ head of corporate affairs for the European Union region. From 2014 to 2017 he led the Corporate Affairs department as Vice President Corporate Affairs for Eastern Europe, the Middle East, Africa and Duty Free, where he was also responsible for activities in Israel.
Since March 2017 he has been appointed Vice President for Global Partnerships and Cooperation, focusing fully on transforming the business with the new purpose of designing a smoke-free future by replacing cigarettes with reduced-risk products.
He also had experience directing the organization of the National Basketball Association tournament in the Italian capital. He was a member of the council of the Giunta Unione Industriali of Rome, a member of the advisory board of the Guggenheim Museum in Venice and of the American Chamber of Commerce in Italy.