Salvatore Rossi OMRI (born January 6, 1949) is an Italian economist and civil servant who serves as the director of the

Bank of Italy The Bank of Italy (Italian language, Italian: ''Banca d'Italia'', , informally referred to as ''Bankitalia'') is the National central bank (Eurosystem), national central bank for Italy within the Eurosystem. It was the Italian central bank from ...

since May 2013. Prior to his position, he served in several financial and economic institutions in Italy, including as chair of the board of directors of

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from October 2019 to April 2024.

Career

Rossi began his career at the Bank of Italy in 1976. He held various positions, including head of the Economic Research Department in 2000. Between 2007 and 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, where he focused on economic policy matters. From January 2012 to May 2013, Rossi served as deputy governor and a member of the governing board of the Bank of Italy. Between May 2013 and May 2019, he held the position of senior deputy governor of the

and also served as president of the Italian

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. Rossi has participated in academic activities, teaching courses and leading seminars at the University of Rome Tor Vergata and the University of Bari. From January 2013 to February 2016, he was a member of the Fondo Strategico Italiano and is currently a senior fellow at the LUISS School of European Political Economy. Between May 2012 and March 2019, Rossi was a member of the foundation board of the International Centre for Monetary and Banking Studies in Geneva. He is also a member of the board of governors of Fondazione Giovanni Agnelli and serves on the board of the Einaudi Institute for Economics and Finance (EIEF). In March 2019, Rossi resigned from the Bank of Italy, where he had been second-in-command to Governor Ignazio Visco. His resignation occurred amid political pressure for leadership changes at the central bank. He was succeeded by Fabio Panetta. In March 2013, the then-president of Italy,

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, included Rossi in a group of ten advisors tasked with drafting a policy platform for a new Italian government.BBC News - Italy: Napolitano invites 'select group' on cabinet
/ref> Rossi was appointed as chairman of

(TIM) in October 2019. In December 2023, Rossi announced he would not seek reappointment as chairman of TIM's board when his term concluded in April 2024. This decision coincided with internal disagreements, particularly with TIM's largest shareholder,

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Works

Salvatore Rossi has written on topics such as international economics, economic policy, and industrial economics. His published works include: *Competere in Europa (ed.), Il Mulino,

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, 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,

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, 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,

, 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,

, 2018

Awards and honours

References

External links

Bank of Italy website

IVASS website
{{DEFAULTSORT:Rossi, Salvatore 1949 births Living people Italian economists People from Bari Academic staff of the University of Rome Tor Vergata