Biography

Born in Rome on July 16, 1969, Giuseppina Di Foggia graduated in Electronic Engineering from the University of Rome La Sapienza and qualified as a professional engineer. She obtained a master's degree in Professional Program Management from the Stevens Institute of Technology in New Jersey (United States) and attended specialization courses in General Management at SDA Bocconi in Milan and Luiss Business School in Rome, of which she has also been a member of the Board of Directors since 2022. Since May 2023, she has been the CEO and General Manager of Terna, after having been the CEO and Vice President of Nokia Italy for three years. Since July 2024, she is also Honorary President of the Terna Foundation.

Engaged for over thirty years in research and development, project management, and operational and strategic management at national and international levels, she has held numerous managerial positions. Before joining Nokia in 2016, she began her professional career collaborating on research and development projects funded by the European Union for the planning and implementation of the third generation mobile network (3G), and then joined Lucent Technologies Bell Labs Innovations (from 2006 Alcatel-Lucent) in 1998.

Currently, Giuseppina Di Foggia is a member of the Board of Directors of Assolombarda, a member of the Advisory Board of Sole 24 ORE Formazione, and a member of the Advisory Board of B7 Italy 2024. Previously, she was the Chair of the Board of Directors of GPI S.p.A., as well as a member of the Board of Directors of Cefriel, a research, innovation, and training center of the Politecnico di Milano. She has also been on the board of the Executive MBA of LUMSA University. From 2020 to 2022, she actively participated in B20 Italy as a member of the Advisory Board, while from 2021 to 2023 she was also a member of the Advisory Board for Foreign Investors of Confindustria and a member of the General Council of Anitec-Assinform. From June to December 2023, she held the position of Vice President of GO15, the global association of so-called Very Large Power Grid Operators for electricity transmission.

In 2021, Giuseppina Di Foggia was attributed the title of Cavaliere del Lavoro (Knight of Labor) of the Italian Republic for her commitment in the field of "Information and Communication Technologies" and, in the same year, she was selected by Forbes Italia magazine among the 100 female personalities united by leadership and creativity who distinguished themselves for commitment, tenacity, and competence. Awarded by Forbes at the CEO Italian Awards 2021 as the best CEO of the year in the TLC category, in 2022 she received the Margutta Award, a symbol of creativity and intellectual fertility for the entrepreneurship section. Throughout her career, she has always shown great interest in issues related to young people and the world of work, initiating and supporting various projects aimed at developing digital skills and bringing students closer to STEM subjects. She is married and has two children.