Barbara Cominelli

•Passionate about #digital, innovation, #sustainability and how they drive business results & societal impact.
•25+ years of experience: #CEO/General Management, Strategy, Marketing, Digital, Sales, Operations, managing large organizations with more than 3000 people.
•Coupled with expertise/track record in #Digital and Business #Transformation, in traditional & tech industries.

•Since 2020 CEO of JLL Italy and EMEA retail markets. With 100k people globally we are the 2nd largest real estate services player worldwide. Our objective is to accelerate the growth in Italy, as lighthouse of #Digital and #Green transformation, helping our clients - investors and corporations - shape the future of real estate.

•VP of Confindustria Assoimmobiliare, in charge of Innovation/Digital. Member of Confindustria AI committee, Advisory board of Iliad, Il sole24Ore and Federmanager. Investment committee of FoolFarm, leading Italian Venture Studio, focused on AI/deeptech.

•Previously Deputy CEO, COO, Marketing and Operations Director @Microsoft Italy.

•Previously member of the global Senior Leadership Team of Vodafone Group and the Director of Digital, Commercial Operations & Wholesale in Italy, reporting to Italian CEO.
I led the largest organizational unit of the company with a team of 3000 employees.

•Previously: Strategy, Planning&Marketing Director for 18 bill energy multinational; Partner of VC investing in High Tech globally; Manager for ATKearney in London & Milan; Marketing Professor @ Bocconi University.

•A recognized leader in Digital/Innovation, with (thanks to) my teams won more than 20 awards for excellence in Digital, Innovation, Customer Experience, Sustainability, Operations.

•International experience: studied/worked in Italy, UK, NL, Spain, USA, LUX, leading diverse teams in multiple countries.

•Nominated twice Top 50 most inspirational women in tech in EU, Forbes CEO of the year 2021 Italy, Fortune BusinessPerson of the year 2020 Italy, CEMS alumna of the year, Top 50 people in finance, Forbes Best marketing executive, Best Digital Director, Top 15 women in Digital in Italy, Best Woman Executive, Best Young Executive.

•Previously NED and member of Sustainability and Strategy Committe at Autogrill, NED at ERG and Advisor of SNAM Foundation.

•Degree 110/110 Summa Cum Laude in Business (Bocconi); Master CEMS-MIMs in International Mgmt (Bocconi / ESADE); exchange/executive edu at RSM, Stanford, Cambridge, SDA Bocconi.

• Give back/no profit committments: bridging the digital divide, D&I and women empowerment. Co-founder at @Girlsrestart.