Bruno Lamborghini

After receiving a degree in Economics summa cum laude, Bruno Lamborghini began his career as a consultant and journalist and afterwards joined Olivetti where he reached managerial responsibilities as chief economist, head of European Affairs, Vice President of Corporate Stategy and member of the Executive Committee. In June 1996 he was nominated Vice-Chairman of Olivetti Telemedia, the Olivetti 's holding in the area of telecommunications and Board Member of Infostrada and Omnitel, the Olivetti telecommunications operating companies. In October 1996 he joined the Olivetti Board of Directors and in May 1997 was elected Chairman of Olivetti Lexikon (in 2001 renamed Olivetti Tecnost), the Olivetti operating company in the area of office automation.

In April 1990 he was appointed President of EUROBIT (European Association of Manufacturers of Business Machines and Information Technology Industry) and reelected in 1993 and 1996 (until 1999). In 2000 he has been elected Member of the Board of EICTA (European Information Technology Industry Association, created through the merge of Eurobit and Ectel). Since its foundation, he is Chairman of the EITO, the European Information Technology Observatory, a European consortium created in 1993 with the scope of publishing the EITO Report, the most extensive overview of the European market for information and communication technologies. In 1999 he was elected Chairman of the BIAC (Business and Industry Advisory Committee to the OECD) MNES Committee, in 2000 Chairman of BIAC and in 2001 chairman of BIAC.

An author of books and articles and a lecturer in Industrial Economics in various Italian Universities (Turin, Bologna and Milan), since 1994-95 he has been a professor in the first course held in Italy on Information Society at the Catholic University in Milan.