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Salvatore Rossi

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Salvatore Rossi
Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy
Assumed office
10 May 2013
Preceded byFabrizio Saccomanni
Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy
In office
17 January 2012 – 9 May 2013
Personal details
Born (1949-01-06) 6 January 1949 (age 75)
Bari
Alma materUniversity of Bari
ProfessionEconomist

Salvatore Rossi OMRI (born 6 January 1949) is an Italian economist.[1] He has served as the Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy, as President of the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority and from October 2019 to April 2024 as chair of the Board of Directors of Telecom Italia.

Early life and education

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Salvatore Rossi was born in Bari, Italy, on 6 January 1949. He graduated in 1975 from the University of Bari with a degree in mathematics. He has been a visiting scholar at the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT).

Career

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Rossi joined the Bank of Italy in 1976 and became the head of the Economic Research Department in 2000.

From 2007 to 2011, he served as the chief economist in the Economic Research and International Relations Area. In 2011, he was appointed secretary general and advisor to the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy, focusing on economic policy matters. From 17 January 2012 to 9 May 2013, he was a member of the Governing Board of the Bank of Italy as the deputy governor. Between 2013 and 2019, he was Senior Deputy Governor of the Bank of Italy and President of the Italian Insurance Supervisory Authority.

He has taught courses and conducted seminars at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and at the University of Bari. From January 2013 to February 2016, Rossi was a member of the Fondo Strategico Italiano and is currently a Senior Fellow at the LUISS School of European Political Economy.[2]

From May 2012 to 2019, Rossi served on the Foundation Board of the International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies of Geneva. He is also a member of the board of governors of Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli[3] and the board of the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF).[4]

On 30 March 2013, President of the Republic Giorgio Napolitano named Rossi among a select group of ten “wise men”, tasked with creating a policy platform for a new Italian government.[5]

Works

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Salvatore Rossi has authored various articles, essays, and books on international economics, economic policy, and industrial economics.

  • Competere in Europa (ed.), Il Mulino, Bologna, 1993
  • La bilancia dei pagamenti: i conti con l'estero dell'Italia, la lira, i problemi dell'unione monetaria europea, with R.S. Masera, CEDAM, Padua, 1993
  • La politica economica italiana 1968-1998, Laterza, Rome-Bari 1998, revised editions 2000, 2003, 2007
  • La nuova economia: i fatti dietro il mito (ed.), Il Mulino, Bologna, 2003
  • La regina e il cavallo. Quattro mosse contro il declino, Laterza, Rome–Bari, 2006
  • Controtempo. L'Italia nella crisi mondiale, Laterza, Rome–Bari, 2009
  • Processo alla finanza, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2013
  • Che cosa sa fare l'Italia, with Anna Giunta, Laterza, Rome-Bari, 2017
  • Oro, Il Mulino, Bologna, 2018

Awards and honours

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Knight of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - awarded on 27 December 1995[6]
Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - awarded on 27 December 2005[6]
Grand Officer of the Order of Merit of the Italian Republic - awarded on 30 December 2013[6]

References

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  1. ^ d'Italia, Banca. "Bank of Italy - Salvatore Rossi". www.bancaditalia.it. Retrieved 2023-04-10.
  2. ^ Group of Senior Fellows of the LUISS School of European Political Economy Archived 2014-04-07 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ "About us". Fondazione Agnelli. Archived from the original on 2023-03-06. Retrieved 2024-09-25.
  4. ^ Governing body of the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance
  5. ^ BBC News - Italy: Napolitano invites 'select group' on cabinet
  6. ^ a b c web, Segretariato generale della Presidenza della Repubblica-Servizio sistemi informatici- reparto. "Le onorificenze della Repubblica Italiana". Quirinale (in Italian). Retrieved 2018-02-24.
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